030717_BestWarrior_EQ_01

030717_BestWarrior_EQ_01

Staff Sergeant Michael Bailey, of Concord, N.C., crawls under barb wire as he runs through the Camp Butner obstacle course during the North Carolina National Guard’s annual Best Warrior Competition, Tuesday, March 7, 2017. The five-day competition puts officers and soldiers through a battery of physical and mental hurdles. After going through battle drills, weapons testing, land navigation, urban operations and many more skills, the best of the best will will move on to the Region III Best Warrior Competition this April in Greenville, Kentucky. (North State Journal/North State Journal)