Aiming To Win At The 2019 Army Best Medic Competition

JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, WA, UNITED STATES

Photo by Emily Yeh

U.S. Army Medical Command

Staff Sgt. David Egersdorf shoots his weapon during the marksmanship challenge during the Army’s CSM Jack L. Clark Jr. Army Best Medic Competition, hosted by the U.S. Army Medical Command, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Sept. 24-27, 2019.

Twenty-seven two-Soldier teams from all around the world traveled to Washington state to compete in the finals to be named the Army’s Best Medic. The competition is a 72-hour arduous test of the teams’ physical and mental skills. Competitors must be agile, adaptive leaders who demonstrate mature judgement while testing collective team skills in areas of physical fitness, tactical marksmanship, leadership, warrior skills, land navigation and overall knowledge of medical, technical and tactical proficiencies through a series of hands-on tasks in a simulated operational environment.