Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Sessoms, left, shakes hands with

Sgt. 1st Class Kyle Sessoms, left, shakes hands with Command Sgt. Maj. Tim Guden, senior enlisted adviser, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, after being announced the winner of the 2BCT Jumpmaster of the Year Competition, March 28. The winners of the battalion-level competitions contended for the Brigade title. Each participant was tested on jumpmaster duties, including rigging of equipment, practical work inside the aircraft, giving a sustained airborne training brief and personnel inspections. Sessoms will advance to the Division-level competition in April. He is the assistant operations non-commissioned officer for 1st Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, and a native of Belleville, Mich.