EABestSquad

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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Senior Sgt. Purevdorj Ganbaatar, Mongolian Armed Forces, SBWC 2025, A Roll

134th Public Affairs Detachment

May 27, 2025 | 1:35

Soundbite: Mongolian Armed Forces Senior Sgt. Purevdorj Ganbaatar, assigned to the 150th Peacekeeping Battalion, Hosted by the AKARNG’s 207th Multi-Functional Training Regiment, the SBWC, is an annual, multi-day Soldiering contest that showcases the competitors’ readiness and lethality through a series of challenging mental and physical tests. The events included a variety of physical fitness tasks, ruck march, land navigation course, live-fire stress shoot, an obstacle course, drill and ceremony, and a uniform inspection. This year two members of the Mongolian Armed Forces participated in the competition. Alaska and Mongolia have been counterparts since 2003 through the State Partnership Program. Transcript 0:01-0:25 What’s it been like working with American Soldiers this week? 0:27-43 What has your experience been so far in the best warrior competition? 0:45-1:04 Can you share two or three things you’ve learned in this competition? 1:08-1:24 What has been the most challenging part of this competition? 1:26-1:34 Is there anything you’d like to say to your friends and family back home?

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