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99th READINESS DIVISION

Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Deiss climbs through an obstacle at the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Shafer Burnett climbs over a wall during the obstacle course portion of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua D. Meyer climbs over a wall during the obstacle course portion of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Joshua D. Meyer balances his way across a log during the obstacle course portion of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.

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An orange and white numbered sign marks a location on the land navigation course, here. Competitors with the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition looked for similar signs during the land navigation segment of the competition April 5, 2017.

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Sergeant 1st Class Jorge Gonzalez checks his map during the daytime land navigation portion of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.

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U.S. Army Sergeant Nicole Paese, a public affairs specialist with the 361st Press Camp Headquarters, checks her compass during the daytime land navigation portion of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.

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U.S. Army Sergeant Nicole Paese, a public affairs specialist with the 361st Press Camp Headquarters, checks her map during the daytime land navigation portion of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.

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Specialist Dakota Dugan searches for her point during the daytime land navigation portion of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Deiss, plots his points during the daytime land navigation portion of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.

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U.S. Army Sgt. Curtis Presley crawls under a barbed-wire obstacle during the obstacle course portion of the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition April 5, 2017.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Deiss, a competitor in the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s Best Warrior Competition, fires an M9 pistol during a qualification range, here, April 4, 2017.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Deiss, a competitor in the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s Best Warrior Competition, fires an M9 pistol during a qualification range, here, April 4, 2017.

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Competitors for the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s Best Warrior Competition zero their M16-A2 rifles April 4, 2017. As part of the competition, soldiers needed to qualify on both the M16 and M9 pistol.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joshua Deiss, a competitor in the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s Best Warrior Competition, fires an M9 pistol during a qualification range, here, April 4, 2017.

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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Nicholus Savas loads M9 bullets into a magazine in preparation for a qualification range, here, during the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s Best Warrior Competition, fires an M9 pistol during a qualification range, here, April 4, 2017.

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Specialist Natalie Harper, a competitor in the 80th Training Command and 99th Regional Support Command’s combined Best Warrior Competition, plots points during the land navigation portion of the competition, here, April, 5, 2017.

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Sergeant First Class Joshua Deiss, from the 2nd Brigade, 102nd Division, engages a pop-up target during the qualification range portion of the Best Warrior Competition at Fort Devens, Massachusetts April 4, 2017. Contestants shoot for top marks in order to add to their score and hopefully take the title of Best Warrior or Best Noncommissioned Officer and move on to represent the 80th TC and 99th RSC at the USARC Best Warrior Competition.

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A sponsor watches his Soldier compete on the Rifle Marksmanship event of the Best Warrior Competition at Fort Devens, Massachusetts, April 4, 2017. Sponsors evaluate, train, and mentor Soldiers to ensure the truely elite make it to a Best Warrior Competition. At this level of competition Soldiers participate in a series of events to determine who will represent the 80th TC and 99th RSC as the Warrior and Best Noncomissioned Officer at the USARC Best Warrior Competition in June.

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An M16-A2 rifle lies in wait for a competitior to pick it up and qualify for points toward their standing during a Best Warrior Competition at Fort Devens, Massachusetts April 4, 2017. Competitors participate in a series of events to determine who will represent the 80th TC and 99th RSC at the USARC Best Warrior Competition.

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