BEST SQUAD COMPETITION
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2024 Competition Winners

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Best Squad Competition! The competition recognizes Soldiers who demonstrate commitment to the Army values, embody the warrior ethos and represent the force of the future. The Army's top Soldiers and noncommissioned officers compete at locations around the world during this annual competition. NCOs and Soldiers first compete in subordinate competitions, and then the finalists compete for the titles Soldier of the Year and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year service wide in September and October.

Warriors for Soldier of the Year include the ranks of private through specialist, and Warriors for NCO of the Year include ranks corporal through sergeant first class. All Army Active Duty, National Guard and Reserve component Soldiers are eligible to compete.

2024 Best Squad of the Year

U.S. ARMY PACIFIC USARPAC
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Squad Members: Left to right: Spc. Mason Breunig, Spc. Colin Burrows, Staff Sgt. Ethan Hays, Spc. Gage Buck, Sgt. Luke Burton


Individual Awards

NCO of the Year

Sgt. 1st Class Alexander Haynes MEDCOM
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Assigned Unit: Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii

Military Occupation Specialty: Combat Medic Specialist (68W)

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Soldier of the Year

Spc. Mason Breunig USARPAC
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Assigned Unit: 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii

Military Occupation Specialty: Infantryman (11B)

U.S. Army Pacific unit insignia

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