Sgt. James Culligan, Airborne Ranger Training Brigade,

Sgt. James Culligan, Airborne Ranger Training Brigade, engages targets while managing a patient under fire during the CSM Jack L. Clark Jr. Army Best Medic Competition at Camp Bullis, Texas, Sept. 19. Culligan’s team is one of 27 two-Soldier teams competing in the finals to be named the Army’s Best Medic. The competition is a 72-84 hour arduous test of the teams’ physical and mental skills. Competitors must be agile, adaptive leaders who demonstrate mature judgement while testing collective team skills in areas of physical fitness, tactical marksmanship, leadership, warrior skills, land navigation and overall knowledge of medical, technical and tactical proficiencies through a series of hands-on tasks in a simulated operational environment. (U.S. Army photo by David E. Gillespie/RELEASED)