Rangers Win Army Best Squad Competition and Both Individual Titles

Military Times reports that the Army's Best Squad is a team of five Rangers from 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, announced at the annual meeting of the Association of the U.S. Army.

Snapshot

Military Times reports on the Army's Best Squad competition, won by a five-member team from the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, whose members also took NCO of the Year and Soldier of the Year. The event at Fort Benning tested squads on fitness, weapons, medical skills, a long night march and more, and it was the first held in two years.

Key points

• Competition: Eleven squads competed at Fort Benning, Georgia, from Sept. 11 to 19.
• Individual winners: Staff Sgt. Colin Doyle is NCO of the Year, and Cpl. Michael Shield is Soldier of the Year. Sergeant Major of the Army Michael Weimer handed out the awards.
• The squad: Spc. Marshall Garren, Spc. William Schaeffer and Sgt. William Masters completed the team.
• Events: They included fitness assessments, weapons qualifications, medical scenarios, an 18.6-mile night march with obstacles, combat water survival, and firing an M1A2 Abrams.
• Return: No contest was held in 2025 because of a lapse in appropriations, so this is the first in two years.

Quick take

Shield said the competition shows where readiness stands across the Army's commands. Doyle said, per an Army release, that the Rangers train daily on marksmanship, mobility, medical care and small unit tactics.

Read the full story at Military Times.