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

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Fort McCoy Fisheries Biologist John Noble reflects on Army career managing fisheries program at Fort McCoy, Part V

Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office

June 16, 2023 | 3:41

Fort McCoy Fisheries Biologist John Noble discusses his 32-year Army career in this interview June 15, 2023, at Fort McCoy, Wis. Noble took a fledgling fisheries program in 1991 and over three decades turned it into something that has made Fort McCoy one of best-managed fishery programs in the U.S. Army and the Department of Defense. Here Noble explains the beginnings of his program and also the many partnerships he built over the years to have it become a success. Through the support of others, Noble said Fort McCoy's natural resources program is one of the best anywhere and it's because of the people he works with now and in the past. During his time, Noble has helped the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch earn awards from Installation Management Command, Secretary of the Army, the Department of Defense, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and many others. (U.S. Army Video by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)