Bayonne resident competes in ‘Best Warrior Competition’

Photo By Gen. Rajagau Tuan Lante | Staff Sgt. Joseph Llave, a human resource specialist with the Northeast Medical Area Readiness Support Group from Staten Island, N.Y., is competing in the Army Reserve Medical Command’s prestigious "Best Warrior Competition” in Helena, Mont., Feb. 24 – 27, 2013. Llave, 38, a Bayonne resident, is motivated to take on the challenge of the cold mountainous terrain and looks forward to compete against his fellow soldiers, said Llave. Currently, he works as a postal clerk at the U. S Post Office in West New York, N.J. Llave graduated from Kaplan University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he earned his Business Administration degree.  

HELENA, MONTANA, UNITED STATES

02.24.2014

Story by Staff Sgt. Marnie Jacobowitz 

Army Reserve Medical Command

HELENA, Mont. - Staff Sgt. Joseph Llave, a human resource specialist with the Northeast Medical Area Readiness Support Group from Staten Island, N.Y., is competing in the Army Reserve Medical Command’s prestigious "Best Warrior Competition” in Helena, Mont., Feb. 24 – 27, 2013.

Llave, 38, a resident of Bayonne, N.J., is motivated to take on the challenge of the cold mountainous terrain and looks forward to compete against his fellow soldiers, said Llave.

“I chose to compete in the Best Warrior Competition to improve my basic soldier skills, said Llave. Even though I’m a human resource specialist I am a soldier first!” He is one of more than 10 soldiers of approximately 9,500-strong ARMEDCOM Warriors to be selected to compete for this honor.

Currently, he works as a postal clerk at the U. S Post Office in West New York, N.J. Llave graduated from Kaplan University in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., where he earned his Business Administration degree.

Llave is an Iraq combat veteran and has had multiple overseas deployments, where he received an Army Commendation Medal for his meritorious service.

The Best Warrior Competition was developed by retired Sergeant Major of the Army Jack Tilley in 2002, testing soldiers' physical endurance, military knowledge, and mental perseverance. The competition is an opportunity for Warrior’s 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

The competition began at unit level, advancing to ARMEDCOM level, where the two winners, a noncommissioned officer and a junior enlisted soldier, continue to compete against all Army Reserve soldiers at the U.S. Army Reserve command level. The USAR winners advance to the top and compete at the Department of the Army level.

The Army Reserve Medical Command has been represented at the top Army event in 2009 by Staff Sgt. Aaron Butler, a medical logistics NCO from Three Forks, Mont., at the Department of the Army level competition.

• Date Taken: 02.24.2014
• Date Posted: 02.25.2014 12:28
• Story ID: 121120
• Location: HELENA, MONTANA, US
• Hometown: BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY, US