Soldiers assigned to units within the 50th Regional Support Group (RSG) start a 12-mile ruck march while carrying a 35-pound pack at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Florida, on Feb. 3, 2024. This march is part of a brigade-level Best Warrior Competition that will decide which two Soldiers go on to compete at the state level. The 50th RSG is a Florida Army National Guard unit headquartered in Homestead, Florida. (U.S. Army Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski.)

Spc. Nicanor Echeverria, a combat medic assigned to Bravo Company, 260th Military Intelligence Battalion, negotiates an obstacle at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Florida, on Feb. 2, 2024. Echeverria is running this course as part of the 50th Regional Support Group’s (RSG) Best Warrior Competition that will decide which two Soldiers will go on to compete at the state level. Echeverria went on to win the title of “Soldier of the Year” at this brigade-level competition. The 50th RSG is a Florida Army National Guard unit headquartered in Homestead, Florida. (U.S. Army Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski.)

Spc. Nicanor Echeverria, a combat medic assigned to Bravo Company, 260th Military Intelligence Battalion, negotiates an obstacle at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Florida, on Feb. 2, 2024. Echeverria is running this course as part of the 50th Regional Support Group’s (RSG) Best Warrior Competition that will decide which two Soldiers will go on to compete at the state level. Echeverria went on to win the title of “Soldier of the Year” at this brigade-level competition. The 50th RSG is a Florida Army National Guard unit headquartered in Homestead, Florida. (U.S. Army Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski.)

Spc. Nicanor Echeverria, a combat medic assigned to Bravo Company, 260th Military Intelligence Battalion, negotiates an obstacle at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Florida, on Feb. 2, 2024. Echeverria is running this course as part of the 50th Regional Support Group’s (RSG) Best Warrior Competition that will decide which two Soldiers will go on to compete at the state level. Echeverria went on to win the title of “Soldier of the Year” at this brigade-level competition. The 50th RSG is a Florida Army National Guard unit headquartered in Homestead, Florida. (U.S. Army Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski.)

Spc. Nicanor Echeverria, a combat medic assigned to Bravo Company, 260th Military Intelligence Battalion, negotiates an obstacle at Camp Blanding Joint Training Center, Florida, on Feb. 2, 2024. Echeverria is running this course as part of the 50th Regional Support Group’s (RSG) Best Warrior Competition that will decide which two Soldiers will go on to compete at the state level. Echeverria went on to win the title of “Soldier of the Year” at this brigade-level competition. The 50th RSG is a Florida Army National Guard unit headquartered in Homestead, Florida. (U.S. Army Guard photo by Sgt. 1st Class Shane Klestinski.)