Benelux Soldiers train to become Europe's Best Warrior

By USAG Benelux Public AffairsMarch 2, 2018

Sgt. Jacobus Wood does water survival test during Best Warrior Competition
1 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Sgt. Jacobus Wood, assigned to the U.S. Army Garrison Benelux military police in Brussels, floats while keeping his weapon out of the water during the Water Survival test, one of the events of the USAG Benelux Best Warrior Competition held from Feb. ... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Spc. Jacqueline Delgado participates in Best Warrior Competition
2 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Spc. Jacqueline Delgado, assigned to the U.S. Army Garrison Benelux military police in Chièvres, builds up her mental and physical readiness during the Best Warrior Competition's functional physical fitness challenge Feb. 22, 2018, on Chi&egra... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Spc. Matthew White does stress shoot event at Best Warrior Competition
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Soldiers in U.S. Army Garrison Benelux's Best Warrior Competition 2018
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Spc. Jesse Watkins builds up his mental and physical readiness during Best Warrior Competition
5 / 6 Show Caption + Hide Caption – Spc. Jesse Watkins, assigned to the USAG Benelux military police in Schinnen, builds up his mental and physical readiness during the functional physical fitness challenge at the Community Activity Center Feb. 22, 2018, on Chièvres Air Base, Be... (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) VIEW ORIGINAL
Spc. Sandra Cruz assembles a gun before stress shoot during Best Warrior Competition
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CHIÈVRES, Belgium -- Sgt. Jacobus Wood, assigned to the U.S. Army Garrison Benelux Military Police in Brussels, and Spc. Jesse Watkins, military policeman in Schinnen, will represent the garrison at the IMCOM-E Best Warrior competition in Baumholder, Germany. The competition will start in March 12.

Five soldiers participated in the USAG Benelux Best Warrior Competition held from Feb. 20 to Feb. 23, on Chièvres Air Base. Wood and Watkins scored the best results. The competition included a sequence of events such as Equipment Accountability and Layout, Physical Fitness Event, Situational

Training Exercises (STX), Water Survival, 12 Mile Ruck March or Stress Shoot.

For the NCO, Wood had the best overall score of all competitors. "The competition [in Germany] will be tougher. I will prepare by doing the same training that I did this for the garrison competition but also increasing the frequency of training," he said.

Watkins won this year's junior enlisted competition. Second place went to Spc. Jacqueline Delgado, a military policeman at Chièvres Air Base.

"The competition is very physically challenging and mentally challenging," Watkins said. "I didn't expect to come in first place. I had a lot of really good competition. It was a neck-and-neck the whole time, and I guess I pulled through stronger than most."

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