Spc. Dakota Michel sprints through the finish line of the two-mile run event of the Army Physical Fitness Test. The National Guard's 2021 Region III Best Warrior Competition is a weeklong event being held at the Alabama National Guard's Fort McClellan Training Center and features two Soldiers each from 10 states/territories in the southeast U.S. The top NCO and top lower enlisted Soldier will go on to compete in the national-level competition this summer. Soldiers came from Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the Virgin Islands to test their mental and physical endurance, their military knowledge and Soldier skills, their weapons proficiency, and their resilience under stress.