Army Sgt. Zachary Scuncio, a military police officer

Army Sgt. Zachary Scuncio, a military police officer with the Rhode Island Army National Guard’s 169th Military Police Company, engages targets with an M249 Squad Automatic Weapon while competing in the 2017 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Ripley, Minn., Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The competition is a mentally and physically challenging three-day event that tests Soldiers on a variety of tactical and technical skills to determine the Army Guard’s Soldier and noncommissioned of the year. The winners move on to compete in the Department of the Army Best Warrior Competition, battling it out with Soldiers from throughout the Army to be named the Army’s Soldier and NCO of the year. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jon Soucy)