‘Warrior Medics,’ ‘Desert Medics’ complete inaugural combined Best Squad Completion 2025
Army Reserve Cpl. Acasia Lanzaderas, right, a shower and laundry specialist with the Fort Bragg, N.C. based 7458th Medical Operational Readiness Unit, applies and fastens a plastic zip wire tie on an enemy interactor at the Combined-Arms Live-Fire Exercise during the Best Squad Competition 2025 led by the Pinellas Park, Fla. based Army Reserve Medical Command and co-hosted by the Gillem Enclave, Ga. based 3rd Theater Medical Command, in Fort McCoy, Wis., from March 24, 2025, through March 30, 2025. During the CALFEX for the AR-MEDCOM and 3rd TMC BSC, squads from both medical commands performed close-quarters battle (CQB) tactics and techniques through myriad locations of the Fort McCoy Combined Arms Collective Training Facility. (U.S. Army Reserve by Sgt. Jerry T. Zuetrong)