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Fort Campbell Best Medic Competition highlights top medics across post
Story by Spc. Kendall Lewis, 40th Public Affairs Detachment
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) participated in the Fort Campbell Best Medic Competition Jan. 11-12, at Fort Campbell, Ky.
In order for Soldiers to participate in the Best Medic Competition, they first must have earned either the Combat Medical Badge or the Expert Field Medical Badge.
During the competition, Soldiers competed in teams of two and were tested physically and mentally with real world simulations and exercises. The events were designed to test the Soldiers’ knowledge and resilience in both familiar and unfamiliar situations. The events included an Army Combat Fitness Test, M17 qualification range, a ruck march, aid station training, diverse trauma lanes, prolonged field care treatments, confidence swim, an obstacle course and a written test.
At the conclusion of the two-day competition, the top two Soldiers were chosen to represent the 101st in the upcoming Army’s Best Medic Competition that is set to take place at Fort Hood, Tx., January 24-28, 2022. Sgt. William Brandon, from 506th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team “Rakkasans,” and Sgt. Dylan Bursell, 327th Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne,” will receive more extensive training in preparation for the chance to show off the readiness of the 101st.
“It’s definitely an amazing experience, seeing our hard work pay off and earning the opportunity to represent the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Hood,” said Brandon.
During the competition, they had little-to-no downtime to increase the stress associated with being in a combat or high pressure situation. Team members quizzed each other on medical facts and different hypothetical scenarios they could face. In situations when competitors could not find the answers among themselves, they asked the cadre or instructors from the MSTC who were more than willing to share their wealth of medical knowledge with the competitors.
“Some of the simulations really tested us because there were things we had not practiced or thought about in our preparation, but we worked through them to the best of our ability and training would allow,” said Bursell.
Though Soldiers competed in seven teams, each composed of two Soldiers each, only two Soldiers with the highest individual score were selected to move on to the Army-wide competition. Bursell and Brandon are on their way through demonstrating medical proficiency, one of the Air Assault Big 6, which also includes the vital skills of marksmanship, physical readiness, warrior tasks and battle drill proficiency, maintenance and Air Assault.
The competition at Fort Campbell and the subsequent competition at Fort Hood will be a great measuring stick for Sgt. Bursell and Sgt. Brandon to showcase and test their skills against of the medics from across the entire Army.
The competition was supervised and judged by Soldiers and instructors from the Medical Simulation Training Center, or MSTC, and medics from across the division.
| Date Taken: | 01.11.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 01.24.2022 11:05 |
| Story ID: | 413238 |
| Location: | FORT CAMPBELL, KENTUCKY, US |
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