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Best Ranger Competition, the Army’s Super Bowl, Returns to Fort Benning Soldiers compete in the 2021 Best Ranger competition at Fort Benning, Georgia, on Friday, April 16, 2021. The three-day contest, considered among the Army s most grueling challenges, returned this year after the coronavirus pandemic forced its cancellations in 2020. (Corey Dickstein/Stars and Stripes) 20 Apr 2021 FORT BENNING, Ga. – For three nearly nonstop days, some of the Army’s most-skilled soldiers overcame a lack of sleep to tough out brutal obstacle courses, miles-long runs and marches, and weapons and tactics challenges as they moved some 75 miles across Fort Benning for a chance at the title of Best Ranger. ....
By COREY DICKSTEIN | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 19, 2021 FORT BENNING, Ga. – For three nearly nonstop days, some of the Army’s most-skilled soldiers overcame a lack of sleep to tough out brutal obstacle courses, miles-long runs and marches, and weapons and tactics challenges as they moved some 75 miles across Fort Benning for a chance at the title of Best Ranger. The grueling contest, which tests 52 teams of Ranger School graduates on a wide-range of skills, returned to the Army post in Georgia last week after a rare cancelation in 2020 as the coronavirus pandemic stopped nearly all military movement last spring. In the end, a team of first lieutenants from Fort Benning’s own 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment walked away the winners of the 37th annual Best Ranger Competition. ....
Fox News Flash top headlines are here. Check out what s clicking on Foxnews.com. FORT BENNING, Ga. Some of the the U.S. Army’s most elite soldiers are on a new mission to find out who s the best among them. After a one-year hiatus due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Best Ranger Competition has returned. The grueling three-day team competition underway at Fort Benning will test soldiers physically and mentally as they work their way through a series of obstacle courses that simulate combat scenarios. On Friday, the competition kicked off early, at 6 a.m. The 52 two-member teams drawn from across the country and overseas bunched together at the starting point and got their legs moving on a 9-mile run. ....