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First Lt. Dustin Ballentine, an engineer with the 21st Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), performs pushups during the physical fitness test of the 2015 Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 21, 2015. The fitness test kicked off the three-day competition, during which 46 teams from across the Army competed for the title â??best Sappers.â? (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Samantha Parks, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs)
Following a physical fitness test, engineer Soldiers competing in the 2015 Best Sapper Competition took to the waters for the poncho raft swim event at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 21, 2015. Sappers pulled a raft carrying their individual weapon and full ruck sack. Once out of the water, they had to reassemble their ruck and complete a five-mile foot march. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Samantha Parks, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs)
First Lt. Dustin Ballentine and Master Sgt. Christopher McLain, engineers from the 21st Engineer Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), near the top of the Sapper tower while 1st Lt. Jonathan Pantano and 2nd Lt. Ryan Jesse, engineers with the 326th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, prepare for their climbing portion of the 2015 Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 21, 2015. The four Sapper Soldiers made up the two teams representing the 101st Airborne Division in this yearâ??s three-day competition. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Samantha Parks, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs)
First Lt. Jonathan Pantano and 2nd Lt. Ryan Jesse, engineers with 326th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), prepare to move a casualty during a medical event on day-one of the 2015 Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 21, 2015. The team had to safely maneuver their casualty over a fence of concertina wire and through a wooden obstacle before the event was considered complete. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Samantha Parks, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs)
Second Lt. Ryan Jesse assists his teammate, 1st Lt. Jonathan Pantano, is getting on his feet to complete a five-mile ruck march during day one of the Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 21, 2015. Jesse and Pantano, both engineers, represented the 326th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), in this yearâ??s competition. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Samantha Parks, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs)
Rain does not deter 1st Lt. Jonathan Pantano and 2nd Lt. Ryan Jesse, engineers with the 326th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), as they perform the â??Aussieâ? rappel during the 2015 Best Sapper Competition at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., April 21, 2015. Over the course of day one in the competition, the 326th BEB team tackled obstacles like treating a casualty, knot tying, radio communications and rappelling. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Samantha Parks, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) Public Affairs)