Maj. Gen. Doug Lowrey and Command Sgt. Maj. Rachel Harris recognized the competition’s top performers after five days of grueling competition from March 23-27 , Fort McClellan, Ala.
Sgt. 1st Class Eric Garcia, assigned to the 419th Contracting Support Brigade, was named the 2026 ACC Best Warrior champion. Staff Sgt. Zachary Faust, from the 418th Contracting Support Brigade, earned runner-up honors. VIEW ORIGINAL
FORT MCCLELLAN, Ala.— Soldiers from the Mission and Installation Contracting Command secured a clean sweep at the 2026 Army Contracting Command Best Warrior Competition, earning both first- and second-place honors during an awards ceremony May 27, 2026.
Maj. Gen. Doug Lowrey and Command Sgt. Maj. Rachel Harris recognized the competition’s top performers after five days of grueling competition from March 23-27, Fort McClellan, Ala.
2026 ACC BEST WARRIOR: Sgt. 1st Class Eric Garcia, assigned to the 419th Contracting Support Brigade, was named the 2026 ACC Best Warrior champion.
2026 ACC BEST WARRIOR RUNNER-UP: Staff Sgt. Zachary Faust, from the 418th Contracting Support Brigade, earned runner-up honors.
Both noncommissioned officers will advance to represent the MICC and ACC at the Army Materiel Command Best Warrior Competition, May 11-15 at Fort Rucker, Ala. Annual Best Warrior competitions test top tier NCO's physical fitness, technical proficiency and tactical skills, identifying those who best embody the Army profession and Warrior Ethos.
For more information on what it took to ensure MICC NCOs excelled during the ACC competition, visit: https://www.army.mil/article/291101/.
About the MICC
Headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command consists of about 1,500 military and civilian members who are responsible for contracting goods and services in support of Soldiers as well as readying trained contracting units for the operating force and contingency environment when called upon. A subordinate command of the Army Contracting Command and the Army Materiel Command, MICC contracts are vital in feeding more than 200,000 Soldiers every day, providing many daily base operations support services at installations, facilitate training in the preparation of more than 100,000 conventional force members annually, training more than 500,000 students each year, and maintaining more than 14.4 million acres of land and 170,000 structures.
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