Squads compete for top honors in 276th Engineer Battalion

Soldiers assigned to the Rocky Mount-based 229th Chemical Company take first place in the squad competition for the Petersburg-based 276th Engineer Battalion, 91st Troop Command held Aug. 19-20, 2016, at Fort Pickett. Virginia. Events in the competition included a written knowledge test specific to a Soldier's military specialty, weapons disassembly, assembly and functions check, night land navigation, six-mile ruck march and situation training lanes focused on reacting to enemy contact and reacting to an improvised explosive device. Squads from the 229th Chemical Company, Cedar Bluff-based 1033rd Engineer Company, West Point-based 237th Engineer Company and Powhatan-based 180th Engineer Company took part in the competition.

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