U.S. Army Central’s Best Squad being congratulated in Patton Hall, on Shaw AFB, South Carolina, 04AUG2023. U.S. Army photo by Sergeant Amber Cobena.

On 04AUG2023, it was revealed that a squad from Idaho based 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team (aka ‘Snake River Brigade’, one of my military alma maters) had completed the U.S. Army Central (USArCent, which is based on Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina) Best Squad training to move forward to the U.S. Army Forces Command (ForsCom) Best Squad competition.

USA photo by Sergeant Amber Cobena.

The U.S. Army ForsCom Best Squad competition is held on Fort Campbell, Kentucky.

USArCent (aka ‘Patton’s Own’) video report by Sergeant Egypt Johnson, Sergeant Amber Cobena and Sergeant Dwayne Bryant:

Video interview (by Sergeant Egypt Johnson, recorded on 03AUG2023), the Snake River Best Squad for ‘Patton’s Own’ USArCent practicing their combat-medic skills for the ForsCom Best Squad contest:

USArCent photo by Sergeant Dwayne D. Bryant, 21JUL2023.

The squad from Idaho also practiced Land Navigation, which they better be good at because Idaho is a rural mountainous state!

USArCent photo by Sergeant Dwayne D. Bryant, 17JUL2023.

They also prepped for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) on Fort Jackson, South Carolina.

‘Patton’s Own’ video report by Sergeant Amber Cobena, 12JUL2023, Idaho Snake River (116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team) Specialist talks about machine gun (M2s and M240s) practice for the ForsCom Best Squad competition:

USArCent photo by Sergeant Amber Cobena, 12JUL2023.

October 2022: 4TH TIME IS THE CHARM, IDAHO ‘HAWGSMOKES’ THE COMPETITION, AGAIN!

IDAHO NOW PREMIERE SITE FOR WAR-FIGHTER TRAINING!

April 2018: IDAHO AIR & ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, TOP GUNS, AGAIN!

February 2018: IDAHO MILITIA RANKED 2ND ONLY TO U.S. ARMY!