Cyber Brigade conducts Best Warrior Competition to determine who moves on

Photo By Steven Stover | FORT GORDON, Ga. – Sgt. Savannah Matelski, Company D, 781st Military Intelligence (MI) Battalion, clears, disassembles, assembles, and performs a function check on the Beretta M9 military 9mm pistol, which was an event on day one of the 780th MI Brigade’s Best Warrior Competition, April 23.  

FORT GORDON, GEORGIA, UNITED STATES

04.23.2018

Story by Steven Stover 

780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber)

FORT GORDON, Ga. – Day one of the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade (Cyber) Best Warrior Competition (BWC) started at 5:20 a.m. and did not end until 9 p.m., April 23. As with most BWC events it started with an Army Physical Fitness Test. After the competitors performed personal hygiene and had a light breakfast they were right back at it. The day one events included: Army Warrior Tasks, day and night land navigation, M4A1 carbine rifle and military M9 9mm pistol familiarization, M4A1 zero and qualification, and a Stress Shoot exercise. The competition, which takes place April 23 through 25, will determine the organization’s top warrior Soldier and noncommissioned officer, and those two champions will represent the brigade at the North Region U.S. Army Intelligence & Security Command BWC in May.

Competing in this year's event are: Spc. Francisco Ramos, Company C, 781st Military Intelligence Battalion (Cyber), from Elk Grove, California; Sgt. Savannah Matelski, Company D, 781st Military Intelligence Battalion (Cyber), from Brandenburg, Kentucky; Spc. Alexander Musarra, Company B, 782nd Military Intelligence Battalion (Cyber), from Miami, Florida; and Staff Sgt. Matthew Robinson, Company C, 782nd Military Intelligence Battalion (Cyber), from Acworth, Georgia

• Date Taken: 04.23.2018
• Date Posted: 04.25.2018 16:33
• Story ID: 274491
• Location: FORT GORDON, GEORGIA, US