Spc. Mackinley Canan, assigned to Leesburg-based Company C, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, and Sgt. David Perry, assigned to Fort Pickett-based Maneuver Training Center are announced as the winners of the 2017 Virginia Army National Guard Soldier and NCO of the Year Competition Feb. 26, 2017, at Fort Pickett, Virginia. Canan and Perry will be progressing to the regional competition to be held in West Virginia later in the year. (Photo by Sgt. Amanda Johnson, Virginia National Guard Public Affairs)