Ft. Irwin High Desert Warrior, May 4 2018

Volume 14, Number 5 Published in the interest of the National Training Center and Fort Irwin community • www.irwin.army.mil May 4, 2018
Fort Irwin soldier named NCO of the Year in IMCOM Best Warrior Competition
Brittany Nelson (U.S. Army Installation Management Command)
Eight of IMCOM’s finest warriors faced off to determine who would be named the command’s top noncommissioned officer and top Soldier at the Best Warrior competition April 23-26 in San Antonio. The winners will represent IMCOM at the Army-wide competition later this year.
By Susan A. Merkner
U.S. Army Installation Management Command
SAN ANTONIO — Two Soldiers have won the right to represent the U.S. Army Installation Management Command in this year’s Army-wide Best Warrior Competition.
Sgt. Anthony J. Brown-Davis, IMCOM Readiness, USAG Fort Irwin, was named IMCOM’s NCO of the Year, and Spc. Bryce M. Falgiani, IMCOM Training, USAG West Point, was named IMCOM Soldier of the Year. The awards are based on their performances in the Best Warrior Competition held April 23-26 at two Joint Base San Antonio locations: Camp
Bullis, an Army training area northwest of the city, and Fort Sam Houston.
Runners-up were Sgt. Jeremy J. Lucena, IMCOM Europe, USAG Bavaria, for NCO of the Year, and Spc. Jacob D. Har- rison, IMCOM Readiness, USAG Fort Bliss, for Soldier of the Year.
Winners and runners-up were announced at an awards ceremony April 26 at the Fort Sam Houston Theater.
Eight of IMCOM’s finest warriors — two each from four IMCOM directorates — faced off to determine who would be named the command’s top noncommissioned officer and top Soldier. Before arriving in San Antonio, the eight IMCOM
participants had advanced through Best Warrior competitions within their directorates.
The competition is designed to promote morale and cohe- sion within participating commands while enhancing Soldier readiness and resiliency.
Best Warrior events test Soldiers’ physical abilities in warrior tasks, urban warfare simulations, fitness tests and battle drills, as well as their Army aptitude through interviews and essays.
Individual competitors are scored on a variety of specific tasks, including day and night land navigation, a 12-mile ruck
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