U.S. Army National Guard Sgt. Romel Mendoza, geospatial engineer representing the Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 138th Field Artillery Brigade engages a target with the M17 pistol during the 2025 Kentucky Best Warrior Competition held at Wendell H. Ford Regional Training Center in Greenville, Kentucky, Nov. 5, 2024. This competition showcases the adaptiveness, resilience, and lethality of our forces, affirming the readiness of National Guard citizen-Soldiers to meet the nation’s challenges. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Destini Keene)