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Egypt was added for this year’s competition. “We’re grateful for Camp Swift to host this (event) and for the county to support it,” said Bastrop County Judge Paul Pape. “(It’s) becoming quite an international event.” In the past, the Best Warrior Competition has included a road march, an obstacle course, the use of combat arms, a land navigation exercise, activities to demonstrate proficiency in various warrior tasks, writing an essay and appearing before a board that reviews personal appearance, military bearing and knowledge. These events test the tactical and technical expert...

International 'Best Warrior' military competition set for Bastrop's Camp Swift Cameron Drummond, Austin American-Statesman © SARAH ACOSTA/AMERICAN-STATESMAN Texas Army National Guardsmen Michael Key competed in the 2014 Best Warrior Competition at Camp Swift in Bastrop. The 2021 edition of the Best Warrior Competition will take place at Camp Swift this week. An international military competition featuring armed forces members from Chile, the Czech Republic, Egypt and Texas will take place in Bastrop County this week. The 2021 edition of the Best Warrior Competition is sched...

The Bastrop County Commissioners Court on Monday approved a new location to house a pair of Confederate monuments that sit on the courthouse's grounds after a months-long process to find the obelisk and headstone a new home. The Commissioners Court approved the relocation by a 3-2 vote, with commissioners Donna Snowden and Mark Meuth dissenting. The monuments — an obelisk erected in 1910 by a local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and a granite headstone erected in 1964 by the state of Texas commemorating Joseph D. Sayers, a major in the Confederate army and Texas’ 2...