Hometown Hero
Fort Campbell Soldier Shines Bright at Best Warrior Competition by Lisa Taylor
Every year the top Soldiers and noncommissioned officers from each of the four regions of the U.S. Army Installation Management Command (IMCOM) come together to compete in the IMCOM Best Warrior competition. The IMCOM Best Warrior competition is designed to test a Soldier’s warrior skills in a realistic and challenging environment, and examines not only the physical aspect but the Soldier’s written and oral skills as well. Fort Campbell Soldier SPC Lance Christie, who is a 15R Apache maintainer and the current Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers (BOSS) President, had the honor of competing to represent the Atlantic Region in this year’s competition. MWR Life: How did you get selected to compete in the IMCOM Atlantic Region Best Warrior competition? SPC Christie: I was nominated by SGM Herndon to represent the Garrison. I competed against another Soldier to win the honor of
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representing Fort Campbell at this year’s competition. MWR Life: What did you experience during the competition? SPC Christie: I experienced a lot of things. The competition involved several challenges such as the six mile ruck march, combatives, a day and night land navigation, PT test, marksmanship, written exam, and the military board where we had to go in front of seven sergeants major who test your Army knowledge. It was a very intense environment. Right after completing the ruck march, we were called to complete the next challenge which was a mystery event called the Fit to Win Endurance course, a half mile obstacle course. MWR Life: How did you do in the competition? SPC Christie: I ended up finishing runner –up. I won the majority of the events but the board was worth the most points and I did not do the
best in that category. The Soldier I was competing against for the top spot did better than I did on the board. I did, however, place first in the ruck march competition, PT test, combatives, marksmanship and the Fit to Win Endurance course. MWR Life: How did you prepare for the Best Warrior competition? SPC Christie: I got to experience a lot of training. I got to do combatives with 5th Group which was awesome. I learned a lot of good stuff there. I was rucking every week. I really enjoyed training and preparing for the competition. MWR Life: What were some of the perks of being selected to represent Fort Campbell? SPC Christie: I was fortunate enough to go to the Super Bowl thanks to Bud Adams, the owner of the Tennessee Titans. He gave us 35 tickets and the seats were in the Titans box. The best part of going to the Super Bowl was getting to
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