The 2010 Advanced Individual Training Platoon Sergeants of the Year competitors begin the second day of the competition. They taught physical fitness exercises to new Soldiers, completed a written exam, taught combatives and appeared before a board o...

Sgt. 1st Class Christian Gordon, a competitor from A Battery, 1-78th Field Artillery Battalion, leads soldiers in physical fitness during the 2010 AIT Platoon Sergeant of the Year Competition on Fort Monroe, Va., August 26. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. A...

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Houston, a native of Cleveland, Miss., leads soldiers in executing abdominal exercises during the 2010 AIT Platoon Sergeant of the Year Competition on Fort Monroe, Va., August 26. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Angelica Golindano) (R...

Sgt. 1st Class Jose Garcia, the competitor representing C Company, 369th Adjutant Generals Battalion, calls soldiers to attention during the 2010 AIT Platoon Sergeant of the Year Competition on Fort Monroe, Va., August 26. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. An...

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Houston leads a group of new Soldiers through the high jumper, one of the physical fitness exercises used in Army Training Centers during the 2010 AIT Platoon Sergeant of the Year Competition at Fort Monroe, Va. Photo by Carrol...

Sgt. 1st Class Jason Lamb, the competitor representing B Company, 1st Battalion, 222nd Aviation Regiment, is tasked on unarmed combatives during the 2010 AIT Platoon Sergeant of the Year Competition on Fort Monroe, Va., August 26. (U.S. Army photo by...

Staff Sgt. Vernon Maybin, the competitor from U Company, Quartermaster Brigade, performs an unarmed combatives move during the 2010 AIT Platoon Sergeant of the Year Competition on Fort Monroe, Va., August 26. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Angelica Golinda...

Staff Sgt. Amanda Kokkonen, an AIT Platoon Sergeant at Fort Huachuca, Ariz., teaches her combatives partner what to expect if his opponent strikes from the mounted position during the 2010 AIT Platoon Sergeant of the Year Competition at Fort Monroe, ...