U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition

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Teams from across U.S. Army Europe and Africa will meet at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, to compete for the title of Best Squad, July 31 - August 9, 2024.

The event tests the squad’s effectiveness, communication, and overall cohesion, as well as the individual Soldiers’ technical and tactical proficiency, endurance, and fortitude.

This competitive training event exercises a full range of Squad-Level Skills; highlighting professional excellence and knowledge to determine the command’s top teams.

Winners of this competition will advance to represent U.S. Army Europe and Africa at the Army Best Squad Competition.

One noncommissioned officer and one junior Soldier will be selected out of the final winning squad to be named the Army’s Best NCO and Best Soldier of the Year, respectively.


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Fort McCoy Senior Commander discusses the 88th RD history, patch during repatching ceremony at Fort McCoy
Fort McCoy Public Affairs Office
March 13, 2025 | 3:40
Fort McCoy Senior Commander Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Ricciardi, commanding general of the 88th Readiness Division, talks with attendees to the repatching ceremony March 13, 2025, at Fort McCoy, Wis. The ceremony was held to recognize command patches of Fort McCoy Garrison Soldiers being switched from Army Materiel Command to the 88th Readiness Division. The change highlights a change that includes more involvement of a senior commander at an installation, which Fort McCoy was already doing. (U.S. Army Video by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)
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U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition Winners 2024

 

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