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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Project Convergence - RFAB 3D Printing

Army Futures Command

Oct. 23, 2021 | 1:05

US Army Capt. Melanie Smith, a capabilities developer, and Tom Vretis, lead engineer, both of Army Futures Command, describe the Rapid Manufacturing via Advanced Manufacturing on the Battlefield (R-FAB) system at Yuma Proving Ground, Arizona., Oct. 19. The R-FAB system, being tested at Project Convergence 21, can be employed to 3D print important tools or other vital resources on the battlefield, which in the future may eliminate the need for long supply chains.

Project Convergence is the Army's campaign of learning designed to aggressively advance and integrate our Army's contributions, based on a continuous structured series of demonstrations and experiments throughout the year. It ensures that the Army is part of the joint fight and can rapidly and continuously integrate or converge effects across all domains: air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace; to overmatch our adversaries in competition and conflict.

Project Convergence ensures the Army has the right people with the right systems, properly enabled in the right places to support the joint fight. (US Army video by Cpl. Hunter Garcia)