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CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait — Nine of Third Army/U.S. Army Central’s finest warriors faced off in a blazing desert arena at Camp Buehring, Kuwait, May 20-22, determined to earn the title of the command’s best Noncommissioned Officer and Soldier of the year.
After three long days of competition including an Army Physical Fitness Test, weapons qualification range, urban orienteering course, testing on military knowledge and battle drills, and a board, the winners were decided.
Third Army/ARCENTS, Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for 2013:
Sgt. William D. Cook, a parachute rigger with the 647th Quartermaster Detachment, 1st Special Troops Battalion, 1st Theater Sustainment Command
Third Army/ARCENTS , Soldier of the Year for 2013:
Spc. Jacob R. Valderrama, Spc. Jacob R. Valderrama a horizontal construction engineer with the 557th Engineer Company, 864th Engineer Battalion, 43rd Sustainment Brigade, 1st Theater Sustainment Command
So hard to focus w/o a tripod. I needed a bigger subject, so DH got me this one. I just wasn't going for it. Bad placement I'd suppose, it just wasn't working for me.