Spc. Ryan Montgomery, left, with the Arkansas Army

Spc. Ryan Montgomery, left, with the Arkansas Army National Guard, and Sgt. Jacob Weidow, an infantryman with the Pennsylvania Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 109th Infantry Regiment, cross the finish line after completing the ruck march portion of the 2014 Army National Guard Best Warrior Competition at Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Arkansas, July 16, 2014. The competition tests competitors on a variety of tactical and technical skills in a physically and mentally demanding environment as they vie to earn the title of Best Warrior and become the Soldier and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year for the Army Guard. The winners of the competition will go on to represent the Army Guard in the Department of the Army level Best Warrior Competition later this year. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Darron Salzer)