A local man competed earlier this month in the Army National Guard’s Region IV Best Warrior Competition.
The event was held at Camp Ripley in Minnesota, where Kiel native SGT Joshua Kleinhans came in second.
He, alongside SGT Joshua Bell, represented Wisconsin in the competition which had soldiers from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ohio.
The five-day competition tested Soldiers and noncommissioned officers technically and tactically through a series of 24 events including weapons qualification, fitness, land navigation, a ruck march, an obstacle course and more, designed to be physically and mentally taxing.
Kleinhans said of the experience, “All my leadership were there and helping me out…and my sponsor was always checking in…they’ve been very helpful.”
