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as the Sun rose with Greenlee training

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site near Hastings , Nebraska , on

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August 6 2029 competitors and their

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sponsors took to the running track

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ready to begin the state best Warrior

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competition . The competition began

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with an Army physical fitness test .

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The A P F . T consists of two minutes

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of push ups , two minutes of sit ups

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and a two mile run to finish it off .

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Sponsors cheered on their competitors

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as they rate him . Some . Even choosing

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to run alongside them in order to boost

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their morale was definitely cool to see

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them . Liar in , my platoon leader came

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out . It was cool to see that people

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are coming out to see him wanting to

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see us do great out there . Once the

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last soldier crossed the finish line

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and scorecards were filled out , it was

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on to the next event .

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The soldiers completed a round robin

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series of Army Warrior tasks . The

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tasks included weapons maintenance ,

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using a radio to call for a medical

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evacuation , providing grid coordinates

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to call for fire , providing casualty

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care and more . Competitors had three

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hours to complete these stations .

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After completing a W tees , competitors

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collected their gear before learning

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about a mystery event , an obstacle

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course . Each soldier had to complete

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the course as fast as possible if they

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failed an obstacle . They were

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penalized with an extra minute added to

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their final time . With three events

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down and three to go , the competitors

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bus to the firing range . After zeroing

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their weapons , the soldiers received

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40 rounds of ammo at the modified

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record fire range . This was the first

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time each of the competitors ever

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experienced the new standard for

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individual weapons qualification ,

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which included a standing firing

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position , shortened target exposure

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times and more to simulate more

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realistic combat shooting . After

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weapons qualification finished , the

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best warrior competitors set out on the

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nearly five mile foot march with a

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fully weighted rucksack and their

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weapons . The final event of the

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Nebraska Army National Guard 2020 Best

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Warrior Competition was a sergeant

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major and First sergeant . Sports

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soldiers were their Army service

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uniform and proceeded to answer to the

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best of their ability all the questions

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the board members had . The next

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morning , the competitors attended

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breakfast , followed by an awards

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ceremony announcing the winners first

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place and the non commissioned officer

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category went to N CEO of the year

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Staff Sergeant Benjamin Hi Miss , with

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the two on ninth Regional Training

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Institute crowd . Be selected for my

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unit . Actually go and compete in the

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competition . Help good , actually be

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here . Be competing with other

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competitors , like minded individuals

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that won't come here and test

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themselves against other people . In

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the enlisted category , Soldier of the

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Year went a specialist , Tyler Teeth ,

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with a six 23rd Engineer Company . Both

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end CEO and Soldier of the Year will go

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on to compete in the regional

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competition later this month . You had

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enough , you could commit . You can

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comply or you could have resisted and

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you all committed to it . And I thank

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you for that spread , that is , that's

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what we need on our entire teams . We

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need commitment to everything we do .