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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Special Operations Forces hosts Best Squad Competition
United States Air Forces Central
Jan. 15, 2025 | 2:42
U.S. Special Operations Joint Task Force Central conduct a best squad competition to build installation-wide cohesion, assess readiness and compete in a deployed environment within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, Dec. 18-30, 2024. The competition challenged all branches to put together squads for shooting training, physical training, and a culminating event. The culminating event included a ruck march in full battle gear, treating and transporting a simulated patient under stress, coping with changing circumstances in a simulated battle environment and live fire shooting. The squad with the best combined time between the physical portion and culminating portion won the event. (U.S. Air Force video)
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