Sgt. Michael Brack crawls under a wire obstacle during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June 22. Brack, representing the 402nd Army Field Support Brigade, Balad, Iraq, a...

Sgt. Jeffrey Haltmeyer negotiates a simulated gas minefield during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June 22. Haltmeyer, representing the 401st Army Field Support Battali...

Staff Sgt. Marisol Williams conducts first aid on a simulated wounded Soldier during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June 22. Williams, representing the 407th Army Fiel...

Sgt. Michael Brack evaluates a threatening civilian at a simulated entry control point during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June 22. Brack, representing the 402nd Arm...

Sgt. Michael Brack evaluates threatening civilians at a simulated entry control point during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June 22. Brack, representing the 402nd Army...

Sgt. Michael Brack evaluates threatening civilians at a simulated entry control point as Sgt. Jeffery Haltmeyer provides security from a bunker during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition at Rock Island ...

Sgts. Jeffrey Haltmeyer (right) and Michael Brack (left) clear a training room containing suspected insurgents during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June 22. Five nomi...

U.S. Army Sustainment Command Noncommissioned Officers clear a training room containing suspected insurgents as 1st Sgt. Robert Fultz (top), the first sergeant for Headquarters and Headquarters Company, ASC, evaluates them during the U.S. Army Sustai...

Sgt. Jeffery Haltmeyer zeroes his M16A2 Rifle in the Maj. Gen. Keith L. Ware Range during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June 23. Haltmeyer, representing the 401st Arm...

Sgt. Michael Brack prepares to disassemble an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year competition at Rock Island Arsenal, Ill., June 22. Brack, representing the 402nd Army Field Supp...

U.S. Army Sustainment Command Noncommissioned Officers ready themselves to enter a training room containing suspected insurgents as Sgt. Michael Brack simulates shooting out the hinges during the U.S. Army Sustainment Command's Noncommissioned Office...