U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Warrior Competition

U.S. Army units from across Europe converge to compete for the title of Best Warrior. The week-long event tests Soldier skills, endurance, fortitude and resourcefulness as well as intellectual and problem-solving capabilities. Officers, noncommissioned officers and junior enlisted Soldiers compete in separate categories and are evaluated on general military knowledge, physical fitness and common military tasks.

While some of the competition tasks are standard such as the Army Physical Fitness Test, written test, marksmanship, ruck march, land navigation and command sergeants major board; some of the challenges such as chemical defense and medical tasks - added to the stress of fitting everything into a few short days - makes the competition extra tough.

Winners in the NCO and junior enlisted categories will advance to represent U.S. Army Europe and Africa at the Army Best Warrior Competition at Fort Lee, Virginia.

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The Competitors

2021 U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Warrior Competitors.

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EBWC Videos

Video by Spc. Justin Leva

Partner nations participate in small arms weapons exchange during Platinum Lion 22

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July 28, 2022 | 3:25

U.S., Bulgarian and British soldiers learn how to use each other’s respective weapons systems during a weapons exchange—a familiarization and cross-training of each nations’ weapons—at Exercise Platinum Lion 22 at Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, July 26, 2022. Each soldier had an opportunity to fire the U.S. Army M4A1 assault rifle, M249 Squad Automatic Weapon, and M240L machine gun; the British Army L85A3 assault rifle and L7A1 general purpose machine gun; and the Bulgarian Land Forces AK-47 assault rifle, PKM machine gun, and MGS90 sniper rifle. Exercise Platinum Lion is a Bulgarian-hosted multinational exercise designed to improve operational and tactical interoperability among participating partner nations.
(U.S. Army video by Spc. Justin Leva)