PHOTOS:Running the Gauntlet: Soldiers and NCOs compete to be the year's best

By Spc. Adam Turner, 1st Cav. Div. PAOJune 4, 2010

FORT HOOD, Texas-A 12 mile ruck march leaves quite the impression on Wharton, Texas native, Sgt. Timothy Long. Covering the area with mole skin, the shop foreman with the 41st Fires Brigade, prepares himself to run the gauntlet of combat based...
1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – FORT HOOD, Texas-A 12 mile ruck march leaves quite the impression on Wharton, Texas native, Sgt. Timothy Long. Covering the area with mole skin, the shop foreman with the 41st Fires Brigade, prepares himself to run the gauntlet of combat based scenar... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
FORT HOOD, Texas-Wharton, Texas native, Sgt. Timothy Long, a shop foreman with the 2nd battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Fires Brigade, assembles a field radio to perform a communication check during the 1st Cavalry Division Non...
2 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – FORT HOOD, Texas-Wharton, Texas native, Sgt. Timothy Long, a shop foreman with the 2nd battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Fires Brigade, assembles a field radio to perform a communication check during the 1st Cavalry Division Non Commissi... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
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FORT HOOD, Texas-Wharton, Texas native, Sgt. Timothy Long, a shop foreman with the 2nd battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Fires Brigade, removes the flack vest from a simulated casualty during the 1st Cavalry Division, Non Commissioned...
4 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – FORT HOOD, Texas-Wharton, Texas native, Sgt. Timothy Long, a shop foreman with the 2nd battalion, 20th Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Fires Brigade, removes the flack vest from a simulated casualty during the 1st Cavalry Division, Non Commissioned Of... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
FORT HOOD, Texas-With a simulated casualty in tow, Wharton, Texas native Sgt. Timothy Long muscles his 250 pound dummy towards a designated extraction point during the 1st Cavalry Division Non Commissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year...
5 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – FORT HOOD, Texas-With a simulated casualty in tow, Wharton, Texas native Sgt. Timothy Long muscles his 250 pound dummy towards a designated extraction point during the 1st Cavalry Division Non Commissioned Officer and Soldier of the Year Competition,... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
FORT HOOD, Texas-With the casualty now moved to safety, Sgt. Timothy Long (right), from Wharton, Texas, performs a nine line medical evacuation procedure for his simulated casualty, June 1. Correctly calling in a nine-line MEDEVAC can be one of...
6 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – FORT HOOD, Texas-With the casualty now moved to safety, Sgt. Timothy Long (right), from Wharton, Texas, performs a nine line medical evacuation procedure for his simulated casualty, June 1. Correctly calling in a nine-line MEDEVAC can be one of the m... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL

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