Best Ranger Competition

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Time for the 24th annual Best Ranger Competition with 39 teams participating. From the article --


When the 24th annual Best Ranger Competition begins Friday at Fort Benning, Ga., 39 two-man teams will hit the dirt and start pumping out push-ups, embarking on a 60-hour odyssey that one organizer called the “endurathon.”

The mental and physical contest is one of the Army’s toughest. More soldiers are competing this year than in the past five.

The 24-mile road march, which begins Friday evening, is notoriously difficult and takes a toll on the stamina of even the toughest competitors.

On the second night is a land navigation exercise that often marks the end for more teams.

“It’s grueling by all accounts,” Liddle said, explaining that “two nights of back-to-back motion is enough to make anyone think twice about it.”

“I just expect to learn a little bit about each other and about ourselves. Obviously, everybody who is here is a Type A person and wants to win the competition, but when it boils down to it, you’re competing against yourself,” said Urzi, who has been in the Army for four years. “In my mind, anything that can bring the Army together as a whole and take away the stresses of the every day world [is] a good thing.”

Full article: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/0...anger_070419w/


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2007 results: http://www.militarytimes.com/news/20...ranger_070422/