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Spc. Paul Hanlon, Bravo Company 533rd Brigade Support Battalion, draws his weapon at the M9 Pistol qualification range during the 412th Theater Engineer Command's 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissi...
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Sgt. Frank Namukangula, 382nd Military Police Battalion, fires during qualification at the M9 Pistol range at the 412th Theater Engineer Command's 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissioned officer and...
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Sgt. Adam Shepard, 727th Engineer Company, practices his draw at the M9 qualification event during the 412th Theater Engineer Command's 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissioned officer and junior enl...
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Spc. Brian Barron, 338th Engineer Company, shoots his first round during the M9 Pistol qualification event at the 412th Theater Engineer Command-s 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissioned officer and...
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Spc. Dontray Townsend, Headquarters, Headquarters Company 391st Engineer Battalion, reloads his M9 Pistol at the qualification range during day two of the 412th Theater Engineer Command's 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2...
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Sgt. Marc Bradley, 391st Engineer Battalion, weighs his backpack before the 10-kilometer ruck march at the 412th Theater Engineer Command's 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissioned officer and junior...
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Sgt. Aaron Maxwell, 344th Engineer Company, receives ammunition for the M9 Pistol qualification at the 412th Theater Engineer Command-s 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissioned officer and junior enl...
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Sgt. Clifford Arrington, 316th Mobility Augmentation Company, receives ammunition while Sgt. Aaron Maxwell, 344th Engineer Company, awaits at the M9 Pistol qualification range at the 412th Theater Engineer Command's 2012 Best Warrior Competition at F...
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Pfc. Suni Muhammad, 401st Chemical Company, cools off at a stopping point in the 10-kilometer ruck march at the 412th Theater Engineer Command's 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissioned officer and j...
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Sgt. Greg Benner, 365th Engineer Battalion, charges up a hill toward the halfway point along with other Soldiers during the 10-kilometer ruck march at the 412th Theater Engineer Command's 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2...
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Sgt. Clifford Arrington, 316th Mobility Augmentation Company, covers a mock wound with field dressing during the army Warrior Tasks event at the 412th Theater Engineer Command's 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The b...
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Sgt. 1st class Jason Hammond, 779th Engineer Company 463rd Engineer Battalion, wraps a mock wound with field dressing during the Army Warrior Tasks portion of the 412th Theater Engineer Command's 2012 Best Warrior Competition at Fort Rucker, Ala. Ap...
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And they're off. 412th Theater Engineer Command 2012 Best Warrior Competitors start the 10-kilometer ruck march at Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted Soldier from this competition will hold the titl...
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Sgt. Charles Bielitz, 396th Engineer Company, assembles an M240-B Squad Automatic Weapon during the mystery event portion of the 412th Theater Engineer Command 2012 Best Warrior Competition, Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissioned ...
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Sgt. Lennart Magi, 417th Engineer Company, assembles an M240-B Squad Automatic Weapon during the mystery event portion of the 412th Theater Engineer Command 2012 Best Warrior Competition, Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissioned off...
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Sgt. Marc Bradley, 391st Engineer Battalion, assembles an M4 Rifle during the mystery event portion of the 412th Theater Engineer Command 2012 Best Warrior Competition, Fort Rucker, Ala. April 25, 2012. The best noncommissioned officer and junior enl...
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FORT RUCKER, Ala. -- With little to no sleep, competitors tackled day two of the 412th Theater Engineer Command's Best Warrior Competition with the same level of intensity as day one.
The day's events started at the M9 pistol qualification course, where many of the competitors fired the weapon for the first time. The M9 pistol is normally issued to officers and high-ranking noncommissioned officers.
The Soldiers then completed a 10-kilometer ruck march over hilly terrain in near 90-degree temperature.
"This is by far and large the most interesting thing I have ever done," said Sgt. Andrew Wallburg, 375th Engineer Company, Huntsville, Ala. "It has taxed me to every limit I have known in the military."
The Soldiers finished the day with Army Warrior Tasks, and a mystery event, which required them to assemble and disassemble a M4 Rifle, a M240-B Squad Automatic Weapon and a M9 Pistol.
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