Maneuver Support Center of Excellence announced the winners of the 2022 Best Warrior Competition during a ceremony on April 4

Maneuver Support Center of Excellence senior leaders announced the winners of the 2022 Best Warrior Competition during a ceremony on April 4 in Lincoln Hall Auditorium.

This year’s winners included;
– 1st Lt. Daniel Nyachwaya , Company C, 3rd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, Officer of the Year
– Staff Sgt. Krista Osborne, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 10th Infantry Regiment, Drill Sergeant of the Year
– Staff Sgt. Shomone Hemphill, Company D, 31st Engineer Battalion, NCO of the Year
– Spc. Eric Dowler, 399th Army Band, Soldier of the Year
– Air Force Tech. Sgt. Chance Sheek, 368th Training Squadron, Joint Service NCO of the Year
– and Cpl. Marcus Destine, Combat Engineer Skills Division, 35th Engineer Battalion, Joint Service Junior Enlisted of the Year.

MSCoE and Fort Leonard Wood Command Sgt. Maj. Randolph Delapena thanked the competitors, their families, and the cadre who helped put the event together. “I will tell you that these competitors went through some grueling competition,” he said. The competition began with 20 competitors, Delapena added, and everyone finished.

“One of the things I told them was, ‘Don’t quit. When your mind tells you to quit, don’t do it,’” he said. “I know, at some point, your mind was telling you, ‘I’m done, I can walk away from this,’ but none of you did and I appreciate you — that’s the warrior spirit.”

The service members were tested on their physical endurance and mental acuity as they competed over four days in events such as a physical fitness assessment, a rifle stress shoot, day and night land navigation, soldiering skills lanes, and an unknown distance foot march, and written exams.

The winners were each presented an Army Commendation Medal.