229th BEB, 429th BSB tackle Warrior Stakes squad competition - June 23-24, 2024

Virginia National Guard Soldiers assigned to the Fredericksburg-based 229th Brigade Engineer Battalion, 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team and Fredericksburg-based Echo Company, 429th Brigade Support Battalion, 116th IBCT test their skills and teamwork at the annual Warrior Stakes squad competition June 23-24, 2024, at Fort Barfoot, Virginia. Squads from Alpha, Bravo and Headquarters Companies of the 229th along with a squad from Echo Company navigated lanes focused on urban and small boat operations, weapons familiarization and individual Soldier skills like land navigation, casualty care and intelligence collection. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to Bravo Company, 5th Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment, based at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, provided aviation support for helocasting air insertions with a CH-47 Chinook helicopter.