229th BEB, RRB Soldiers capture 2022 VNG Best Warrior titles
220403-Z-DO111-0057.JPG Photo By: A.J. Coyne

VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia - Spc. Adam Marcus (left), assigned to the Fredericksburg-based Headquarters Company, 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division, and Staff Sgt. Austin Sturtz, assigned to Charlie Company, Virginia Army National Guard Recruiting and Retention Battalion, are named winners of the 2022 Virginia Army National Guard Best Warrior competition April 3, 2022, at the State Military Reservation in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The four-day event included Army Warrior Tasks, a written exam, a physical fitness challenge, the Air Assault obstacle course, land navigation, a ruck march, a 3-gun event and an appearance board. Marcus and Sturtz will represent the Virginia National Guard at the regional-level competition later in 2022. (U.S. National Guard photo by A.J. Coyne)


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