Press Release
☷RHC A Best Leader Competition The Best of the Best
U.S. Army ( By Press Release office)
Apr 29,2022
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Martin Army Community Hospital Soldiers Spc . Braelyn Burk and Sgt . Ricardo Tevalan - Gomez participated in the Regional Health Command - Atlantic Best Leader Competition on Fort Benning , April 25 - 29 . Martin Army Community Hospital Soldier Spc . Braelyn Burk overcame an obstacle during the Regional Health Command - Atlantic Best Leader Competition on Fort Benning , April 25 - 29 . Martin Army Community Hospital Soldiers were weighed , measured and found to be THE team that best embodies the Warrior Ethos and Army Values during the Regional Health Command - Atlantic Best Leader Competition on Fort Benning , April 25 - 29 . Martin Army Community Hospital Sgt . Ricardo Tevalan - Gomez competed in the Regional Health Command - Atlantic Best Leader Competition on Fort Benning , April 25 - 29 . Martin Army Community Hospital Soldiers were weighed , measured and found to be THE team that best embodies the Warrior Ethos and Army Values during the Regional Health Command - Atlantic Best Leader Competition on Fort Benning , April 25 - 29 . Martin Army Community Hospital Soldier Capt . Ivan Mora led BMACH ' s team in the Regional Health Command - Atlantic Best Leader Competition on Fort Benning , April 25 - 29 . FORT BENNING , GA – Martin Army Community Hospital Soldiers were weighed , measured and found to be THE team that best embodies the Warrior Ethos and Army Values during the Regional Health Command - Atlantic Best Leader Competition on Fort Benning , April 25 - 29 . The grueling competition is designed to promote esprit de corps throughout the Army while recognizing Soldiers who best demonstrate commitment to the Army Values and embody the Warrior Ethos . BMACH hosted the physically and mentally demanding event that featured water survival , combatives , night land navigation and dynamic stress weapons qualification , as well as a ruck march , oral board and written tests . “We are home of the Maneuver Center of Excellence , home of the infantry , armor and ranger school , ” said BMACH Command Sgt . Maj . Alexander Poutou . “A lot of the lanes we are using is what the rangers use to train . They are going to be challenged . ” Winder Physical Therapy Clinic acting officer in charge ( OIC ) Capt . Ivan Mora led BMACH’s six - member squad . Poutou handpicked Mora , Staff Sgt . Kendrick Garcia , Sgt . Ricardo Tevalan - Gomez along with Spc . Caleb Aranos , Spc . Braelyn Burk and Spc . Noe Contreras to compete against 12 other squads from Army military treatment facilities east of the Mississippi River . “I selected the team from the Non - Commissioned Officer/Soldier of the Year Competition , ” said Poutou . “They have been training for the past two months . They have been working very , very hard . ” For four days , 75 of the Army’s medical Soldiers divided into 13 teams , tried to best each other in the numerous feats of strength , endurance and mental toughness to determine who would reign supreme as the RHC - A’s best medical leaders . The intense RHC - A Best Leader Competition pushes its participants to be adaptable , resilient and agile … and emphasizes a squad’s cohesiveness under extreme stress . “Tough , realistic , squad - level training not only propels our Warriors to overcome obstacles and their fears , ” said Command Sgt . Maj . Diamond Hough , the Army’s senior enlisted Combat Medic and MEDCOM’s senior enlisted advisor . “It teaches them that they don’t have to do it alone … on the battlefield or anywhere else . ” “The way they operate , if they excel in a competition , they will excel in combat , ” added Poutou . “Working as a team , taking care of each other and giving their best . In combat , we don’t get to pick when and where we are going to fight the enemy . We have to be able to fight in any environment . ” BMACH’s team , aptly named Team #1 , placed first overall! Congrats to all of this week’s competitors . Ready - A’s team , composed of individual winners from the RHC - A Best Leader Competition: Pvt . 1st Class Ahmad Cole , Spc . Andre Scott ( Fort Gordon ) , Spc . Callen Workman ( Fort Lee ) , Sgt . Bricen Bolsen ( Fort Lee ) , our own Staff Sgt . Kendrick Garcia ( Fort Benning ) and Capt . Gayle Benton ( Fort Gordon ) , now go on to compete in the 2022 U . S . Army Medical Command BLC right back here at Fort Benning , in June .
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