Photo By Staff Sgt. Marnie Jacobowitz | Sgt. Christian Villalon, a human resource specialist with the 6252nd U.S. Army...... read more read more
HELENA, Mont. - Sgt. Christian Villalon, a human resource specialist with the 6252nd U.S. Army Hospital, San Diego, Calif., is competing in the Army Reserve Medical Command’s prestigious Best Warrior Competition here Feb. 24–27, 2014.
Villalon, 31, a native of San Diego, is representing Western Medical Area Readiness Support Group from San Pablo, Calif.
“I chose to compete in the Best Warrior Competition to test my current mental and physical capabilities as a person and as an noncommissioned officer,” said Villalon.
He is one of 13 selected soldiers of approximately 9,500-strong ARMEDCOM warriors to be selected to compete for this honor.
Currently, he works as a certified nurse assistant in Lakeside, Calif. He was a student at the Southwestern College in Winfield, Kan., and Grossmont College in El Cajon, Calif.
Villalon is an Iraq combat veteran and has had multiple overseas deployments, where he received an Army Commendation Medal for his meritorious service while serving in Iraq.
The Best Warrior Competition was developed by retired Sgt. Maj. of the Army Jack Tilley in 2002, testing soldier’s physical endurance, military knowledge, and mental perseverance. The competition is an opportunity for warriors to highlight their military skills in a competitive environment.
The grueling four-day event competition taxes each soldier mentally and physically. It includes a timed written exam, physical fitness test, and a number of mentally and physically challenging exercises including day land navigation, urban orienteering courses, road march, weapons qualification on rifles and pistols, hand-to-hand combative tournament, tactical combat causally care, and mystery events
Villalon began the competition at unit level, rising to command level and continuing on to higher command intended to select the noncommissioned officer and junior enlisted Soldier of the Year for ARMEDCOM. The winner advances to train and prepare through U.S. Army Reserve Command, and upon winning will go on to represent the Army Reserve Command to the Army wide Best Warrior Competition to be held later in the year.
The Army Reserve Medical Command has been represented at the top Army event in 2009 by Staff Sgt. Aaron Butler, a medical logistics noncommissioned officer from Three Forks, Mont., at the Department of the Army-level competition.
| Date Taken: | 02.24.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 02.24.2014 23:44 |
| Story ID: | 121075 |
| Location: | HELENA, MONTANA, US |
| Hometown: | SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, US |
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