Inside the Army’s 3-Day Contest of Skill and Grit

Inside the Army’s 3-Day Contest of Skill and Grit

FORT BENNING, Ga.—It was about two hours before sunrise on the morning of April 10 when 122 soldiers in 61 two-man teams from across the Army stepped up to the starting line of one of the world’s toughest military competitions: a three-day test of strength, teamwork, technical proficiency, and determination. Many competitors had trained for nearly a year and had already beaten some of the best soldiers from their respective units just to get to …