2019 Sandhurst Military Skills Competition

Utah Valley University ROTC

Por UVU Photo

13 de April de 2019

Hands-On Challenge

UVU Ranger Challenge team takes on the world at West Point event

The Utah Valley University ROTC Ranger Challenge team went to West Point, New York, in August, facing off against national and international-level competition designed to test and hone various skills.

The UVU squad competed against ROTC teams from Utah, Wyoming, and Colorado earlier in October 2018. After winning at that regional level, they competed at the brigade level in San Antonio, Texas, where they faced other regional winners. Events at each of the competitions can vary, but can include activities such as a ruck march (with a 40-pound pack), marksmanship, weapon disassembly and assembly, artillery simulation, as well as evaluation of a casualty, hand-grenade assault course, fitness challenge, navigation and orienteering, and others.

There were 65 teams at West Point, 14 of which were international, and many from the service academies. The UVU Army ROTC team consisted of Gwynyth Simons, Joshua Peles, Gilbert Burns, Joseph Lloyd, Josh Butikofer, Cooper Wimmer, Travis Hall, Hyrum Ahlman, Tyler Miner, Austin Slade, and Jessica Evenson.

2019 Sandhurst Military Skills Competition

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Photography by Jay Drowns. Text by Jay Wamsley

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Photography by Jay Drowns. Text by Jay Wamsley