Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Anderson with A Company,

Chief Warrant Officer 2 Robert Anderson with A Company, 2nd Battalion, 285th Aviation Regiment strides up an incline toward the half-way-point of the 14-mile ruck march event during the Arizona National Guard Best Warrior Competition 2019 at Camp Navajo in Bellemont, Ariz. on April 16. BWC participants must demonstrate their skills in a variety of essential soldier tasks required of more than 8,000 Citizen-Soldiers and Airmen to ensure force readiness as they continue to support our nation with more than 12,000 individual deployments to overseas contingency operations since Sept. 11, 2001 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Richard Hoppe, Released).