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Twelve of the Oklahoma Army National Guard’s best Citizen-Soldiers gathered to battle it out for the title of Best Warrior at Camp Gruber Training Center, Oklahoma, April 20-23.
At the end of the competition, Sgt. Evan Bias, a cavalry scout from Tuttle, Oklahoma, took home the title of Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, and Spc. Carson Downum, a horizontal construction engineer from Claremore, Oklahoma, earned the title of Soldier of the Year.
“It’s truly an honor,” Downum said. “It’s a big deal to everybody wearing the uniform so I’m really proud and it’ll be really cool to represent and try to fight off against the other states [at regionals].”
The annual competition brings together junior enlisted Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from units across the state to test their proficiency in a variety of warrior tasks. Events included an Army Combat Fitness Test, day and night land navigation, an obstacle course, multiple marksmanship challenges, a 12-mile ruck march, and an interview before a board of sergeants major.
| Date Taken: | 04.23.2023 |
| Date Posted: | 05.01.2023 14:35 |
| Category: | Package |
| Video ID: | 881741 |
| VIRIN: | 230423-Z-RH707-001 |
| Filename: | DOD_109609029 |
| Length: | 00:02:29 |
| Location: | CAMP GRUBER TRAINING CENTER, OKLAHOMA, US |
| Downloads: | 10 |
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