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Congratulations to Delaware Army National Guard's 2022 Best Warrior Competition winners Pfc Brian Kneisly and Sgt Colton Platzke at our River Road Training Site, April 8, 2022. The competition was a one-day event consisting of the ACFT, a 6-mile ruck, and weapons qualification.
The two runner-ups for Best Warrior and Best NCO are Staff Sgt James Boyer and Spc Tanee Decosta. The other competitors were Spc Judy Pudder, Spc William Esterling from the 287th Delaware's Own Army Band, and Spc Matthew Francis.
(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Spc Alyssa Lisenbe)
An Afghan National Army soldier rushes to his post at Combat Outpost Terra Nova on the outskirts the Arghandab Valley's Jellawar village on September 14, 2010. The United States and NATO have 150,000 troops in Afghanistan fighting the Taliban-led insurgency, most of them in the southern hotspots of Helmand and Kandahar provinces.
I did this one in honor of the 13 dead and 30 wounded at Fort Hood, TX. May your souls rest in peace. May your families find peace as well.
Local residents and a Soldier of the New York Army National Guard's 3rd Battalion, 142nd Aviation unfurl the Stars and Stripes during a relief delivery mission in Puerto Rico on Oct. 17, 2017.The 3rd Battalion 142nd Aviation has deployed 60 Army National Guard Soldiers and four UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters to Puerto Rico to assist in the island's recovery from Hurricane Maria. ( Photo Courtesy 3rd 142nd Assault Aviation Battalion Facebook)
The 2021 U.S. Army Small Arms Championships kicked off its first official match today. Match 8 is an iron sight rifle match in combat gear. Soldiers shoot 10 rounds in 90 seconds in the prone from both 400 and 300 yards. Competitors then shoot another 10 rounds in 90 seconds from the kneeling/squatting position from both 200 and 100 yards.
The Match 3 course of fire included four pistol stages, for a total of 40 rounds, from the 25-yard line. Each stage required a total of 10 rounds, but were fired in two groups of five with a magazine change in the middle. Stage One was a slow fire of 60 seconds in the standing position. Stage Two was fired in a total of 45 seconds, with five rounds shot in both the kneeling and then the prone positions. Stage Three was a timed fire of 25 seconds from the standing position. And Stage Four was a rapid fire of 15 seconds from the standing position.
The Match 5 is a pistol match consisting of four stages, for a total of 40 rounds. Stage One was a standing slow fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 25 seconds at the 35-yard line. Stage Two was a standing slow fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 20 seconds at the 25-yard line. Stage 3 was a standing rapid fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 15 seconds at the 15-yard line. Stage Four was a standing rapid fire of 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 10 seconds at the 10-yard line.
U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John W. Troxell, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosts a physical training session with Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan and service-members from across the Joint Force to kick off the inaugural Department of Defense Readiness and Resilience Workshop at Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington, D.C., April 17, 2018. The workshop features speakers and cover topics to optimize human performance through the body, mind, and spirit. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)
SALEM, Mass. – Maj. Gen. L. Scott Rice, The Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard and Col. George J. Harrington, Commander of the 51st Troop Command, sing the Army song during the closing of a ceremony honoring the 377th anniversary of the Massachusetts National Guard’s first mustering of troops. Soldiers, Airmen, political leaders and civilians gathered on the Salem Commons here to celebrate the anniversary, which is recognized as being the first mustering of troops in the United State military. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Steven C. Eaton, 65th Public Affairs Operations Center, Massachusetts National Guard)
Today, Match 321, the coveted Rifle Excellence in Competition Match was held.
Competitors fired 50 rounds in five stages. Stage One was done in the prone firing
position at 400 yards. Competitors used a 10-round magazine to shoot their targets at a
sustained firing rate within two minutes. Stage Two was done in the prone firing position
at 300 yards. Competitors shot 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines at their targets
at a rapid firing rate within 60 seconds. Stage Three was done in the kneeling firing
position at 200 yards. Competitors shot 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines at a
rapid firing rate within 50 seconds. Stage Four done from the 100-yard line. Competitors
shot 5 rounds from the standing position then transitioned to the kneeling positon,
switched magazines and shot 5 more rounds at their targets. This was completed within
40 seconds. Stage Five was a Close Quarter Engagement stage. Competitors shot a
total of 10 rounds from a single magazine. They had four seconds to fire as many
rounds as desired at targets from the 75-yard line. They then had three seconds to do
the same from the 50-yard line. Finally, they engaged targets at the 25-yard line. The
goal was to put five rounds into each target at each yard line.
Match 221 is a Pistol Excellence-in-Competition Match comprised of four stages.
During this match, competitors fired a total of 40 rounds from 5-round magazines. Stage
One was a standing, unsupported position with a slow rate of fire at 30 yards.
Competitors shot 10 rounds from two 5-round magazines within 60 seconds. Stage Two
was done at the 25-yard line. Competitors shot 5 rounds in the kneeling firing position,
then transitioned to prone firing before shooting five more rounds from a new magazine.
They had 45 seconds fire all ten rounds. Stage Three was done from the standing,
unsupported firing position at the 20-yard line. Competitors fired 10 rounds from two 5-
round magazines within 20 seconds. Stage Four was done in the standing firing
position. Competitors shot 10 rounds two 5-round magazines from the 15-yard line
within 15 seconds.
Army head coach Rich Ellerson (center) talks to his players after Army's Black & Gold football scrimmage in the Foley Athletic Center at the United States Military Academy in West Point, NY on Friday, March 8, 2013. © CHET GORDON/Times Herald-Record
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The San Antonio Army Recruiting Battalion was a primary partner with San Antonio Sports in staging the San Antonio All Star High School Football Game at the AlamoDome Saturday, Jan. 5. From meeting the players and parents on Dec. 29, until the end of the Gold team’s 33-29 victory, everybody was a winner!
Army Mule (Friesan Fire) and jockey Joe Bravo win the Carter (Gr I) at Aqueduct Racetrack 4/7/18. Trainer: Todd Pletcher. Owner: St. Elias Stable
U.S. Army and Korean Augmentation To the U.S. Army (KATUSA) Soldiers arm wrestle at Balboni Field during KATUSA & U.S. Soldier Friendship Week, May 30, 2023. KATUSA/US Soldier Friendship Week is a weeklong event in honor of the 73rd Anniversary of the Korean War and the establishment of the KATUSA Program. During KSFW23, KATUSA and U.S. Army Soldiers strengthen their bonds, build teamwork, and enhance esprit de corps through friendly athletic competitions and participating in Korean culture. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Estevan Hidalgo)
Fort Huachuca Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, civilians, contractors, Family Members, Soldiers for Life and even a few military working dogs gathered on Warrior/Sentinel Field June 14, 2018, to start off the morning of the Army's 243rd birthday with a Fun Run and cake cutting ceremony. (U.S. Army photo by Tanja Linton)
Freshman third baseman Harold Earls rounds first after a base hit during the third and deciding game of the Patriot League Championship series Tuesday. The Black Knights (41-13) defeated Holy Cross (33-22), 8-4, to take their sixth Patriot League Tournament title since 1997. With the two wins in the championship series, Army now has an academy and Patriot League record for most wins in a season at 41. The Black Knights now head to the NCAA Regional, which begins June 1. Photo by Eric S. Bartelt/Pointer View
The U.S. Army Small Arms Championships was action packed! More than 280 Soldiers from across all four components of the U.S. Army kicked off the morning with the Infantry Trophy Team Match. After lunch, they took to the pistol range for the Bullseye/Excellence in Competition Match.
Army Maj. EmilyGrace Mate, aide-de-camp to Air Force Gen. Joseph Lengyel, during a Thanksgiving Day troop visit, Bagram Airfield, Bagram, Afghanistan, Nov. 24, 2016. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jim Greenhill)
The U.S. Army Small Arms Championships was action packed! More than 280 Soldiers from across all four components of the U.S. Army kicked off the morning with the Infantry Trophy Team Match. After lunch, they took to the pistol range for the Bullseye/Excellence in Competition Match.
Belgian Soldiers serving with Team E as part of the Kunduz OMLT 10/12: During a day on the Chahar dara shooting range 24th April 2011
Khost province, Afghanistan - Maj. Una Alderman, the chief nurse officer for the 452nd Combat Support Hospital, U.S. Army Reserve, from Wisconsin, tends to a patient at the hospital on Forward Operating Base Salerno. She is stationed in the same area of operations as her son, Staff Sgt. Seth Alderman, a military policeman serving with the 25th Infantry Division. (Photo by Pfc. Andrya Hill).