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Army soldiers begin the 3-mile ruck run on Camp Rilea, Warrenton, Ore., March 12, 2011, and completed the run with a minimum of 35 pounds in their rucksacks. The soldiers were competing in the 2011 Oregon Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition. The three-day event pitted Oregon citizen-soldiers against one another for the title of Oregon’s Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.

Army soldiers begin the 3-mile ruck run on Camp Rilea, Warrenton, Ore., March 12, 2011, and completed the run with a minimum of 35 pounds in their rucksacks. The soldiers were competing in the 2011 Oregon Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition. The three-day event pitted Oregon citizen-soldiers against one another for the title of Oregon’s Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.

Army soldiers begin the 3-mile ruck run on Camp Rilea, Warrenton, Ore., March 12, 2011, and completed the run with a minimum of 35 pounds in their rucksacks. The soldiers were competing in the 2011 Oregon Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition. The three-day event pitted Oregon citizen-soldiers against one another for the title of Oregon’s Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.

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