Photo By Gen. Rajagau Tuan Lante | Cpl. Luis Y. Rosado, an operating room specialist with the 4220th U.S. Army Hospital,...... read more read more
HELENA, Mont. - Cpl. Luis Y. Rosado, an operating room specialist with the 4220th U.S. Army Hospital, Shoreham, N.Y., is competing in the Army Reserve Medical Command’s prestigious Best Warrior Competition in Helena, Mont., Feb. 24–27, 2014.
“I feel like I don’t just represent ARMEDCOM, I want to represent the Army as a solider,” said Rosado, who works as a auto mechanic in his civilian career, as well as working on his associate’s degree at American Military University.
Rosado, a Queens native, said his goal is the be a New York City police officer and continue to advance in the Army Reserve.
“The weather and terrain in Montana are not a surprise for me,” he said. “I come from New York, I love the snow and the cold.”
Rosado, 22, is representing Northeast Medical Area Readiness Support Group, based at New York Harbor’s historic Fort Wadsworth.
The Best Warrior Competition was developed by retired Sergeant Major of the Army Jack Tilley in 2002, testing soldier’s 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 casualty care and mystery events
Rosado 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: | 02.25.2014 21:27 |
| Story ID: | 121165 |
| Location: | HELENA, MONTANA, US |
| Hometown: | QUEENS, NEW YORK, US |
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