1 00:00:00,710 --> 00:00:03,230 he brushes you got water 2 00:00:07,260 --> 00:00:10,730 if you are giving your all into every 3 00:00:10,730 --> 00:00:13,290 event , your body will fail at some 4 00:00:13,290 --> 00:00:16,170 point . It's not if it's when your legs 5 00:00:16,170 --> 00:00:18,540 are gonna cramp you're gonna be tired 6 00:00:18,550 --> 00:00:20,810 and it's in that moment that you have 7 00:00:20,810 --> 00:00:22,921 to be mentally resilient and you have 8 00:00:22,921 --> 00:00:26,630 to be mentally sharp . 9 00:00:27,040 --> 00:00:29,510 I'm Sergeant Spencer Faillace , Winner 10 00:00:29,510 --> 00:00:31,950 of the Region seven Best Warrior 11 00:00:31,950 --> 00:00:35,000 Competition and the 2022 National Best 12 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:36,222 Warrior Competition . 13 00:00:58,380 --> 00:01:00,970 The best warrior competition is 14 00:01:00,980 --> 00:01:04,100 holistic competition . It's way out of 15 00:01:04,100 --> 00:01:07,020 the norm for day to day life and growth . 16 00:01:07,030 --> 00:01:09,086 Growth doesn't happen in the comfort 17 00:01:09,086 --> 00:01:10,980 zone and this entire event , this 18 00:01:10,980 --> 00:01:13,270 entire competition , you are outside of 19 00:01:13,270 --> 00:01:15,970 the comfort zone , growing , it's 20 00:01:15,970 --> 00:01:18,560 really designed to bring you face to 21 00:01:18,560 --> 00:01:20,616 face with the limits you thought you 22 00:01:20,616 --> 00:01:22,560 had and then have you surpass them 23 00:01:31,970 --> 00:01:34,160 one ft in front of the other . I keep 24 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,327 telling myself , just keep moving . No 25 00:01:36,327 --> 00:01:38,438 matter sometimes it hurts , sometimes 26 00:01:38,438 --> 00:01:40,382 it burns , but you can always keep 27 00:01:40,382 --> 00:01:39,200 going . 28 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,702 This is something I've always wanted to 29 00:01:50,702 --> 00:01:52,647 do since I was little , I remember 30 00:01:52,647 --> 00:01:54,869 coming out to the watching the ceremony 31 00:01:54,869 --> 00:01:54,670 when I was younger and knowing that 32 00:01:54,670 --> 00:01:56,892 this is something I've always wanted to 33 00:01:56,892 --> 00:01:58,892 do after joining the guard , I knew 34 00:01:58,892 --> 00:02:01,059 that this was still something I wanted 35 00:02:01,059 --> 00:02:03,003 to do . And then when I heard that 36 00:02:03,003 --> 00:02:02,190 there might be an opportunity that the 37 00:02:02,190 --> 00:02:04,357 Air Guard was going to be able to come 38 00:02:04,357 --> 00:02:06,523 compete with the army . I wanted to do 39 00:02:06,523 --> 00:02:08,746 my due diligence and train as hard as I 40 00:02:08,746 --> 00:02:10,801 could uh be the best product for the 41 00:02:10,801 --> 00:02:10,590 Air Force . 42 00:02:20,900 --> 00:02:22,900 So the biggest difference this year 43 00:02:22,900 --> 00:02:24,511 from last year is that we've 44 00:02:24,511 --> 00:02:26,622 incorporated the gaffney , the german 45 00:02:26,622 --> 00:02:28,844 armed forces proficiency badge and that 46 00:02:28,844 --> 00:02:30,956 specifically goes over there shooting 47 00:02:30,956 --> 00:02:32,956 event , they're swimming event . Um 48 00:02:32,956 --> 00:02:35,122 It's got what's called the V . F . T . 49 00:02:35,122 --> 00:02:37,122 Which is a combination of sprinting 50 00:02:37,122 --> 00:02:39,344 china , paying 1000 m run . Uh and then 51 00:02:39,344 --> 00:02:39,170 in conjunction with that they're also 52 00:02:39,170 --> 00:02:41,448 going to be doing a ruck march as well . 53 00:02:57,860 --> 00:02:58,860 Yeah , 54 00:03:03,020 --> 00:03:05,360 keep that stiff there , you got it too 55 00:03:05,360 --> 00:03:05,750 easy . 56 00:03:27,750 --> 00:03:30,940 Best warrior in general is going to tax 57 00:03:30,950 --> 00:03:33,930 each individual um technically and 58 00:03:33,930 --> 00:03:36,130 proficiently in not only army warrior 59 00:03:36,130 --> 00:03:38,352 tasks and metal tools , but even events 60 00:03:38,352 --> 00:03:40,630 that they haven't even experienced yet , 61 00:03:40,630 --> 00:03:42,630 whether it's an air guardsmen or an 62 00:03:42,630 --> 00:03:41,850 army guardsmen . 63 00:03:48,320 --> 00:03:50,431 This is probably an event that I felt 64 00:03:50,431 --> 00:03:52,810 the most challenge so far . When you're 65 00:03:52,810 --> 00:03:54,754 doing this in the daytime it's got 66 00:03:54,754 --> 00:03:56,754 everything that's gonna be marked , 67 00:03:56,754 --> 00:03:59,032 you've got the white tops easy to find . 68 00:03:59,032 --> 00:04:01,088 However in this scenario you have to 69 00:04:01,088 --> 00:04:00,940 you're gonna have a really hard time 70 00:04:00,940 --> 00:04:02,996 being able to to find a lot of these 71 00:04:02,996 --> 00:04:03,996 points . 72 00:04:08,020 --> 00:04:10,370 So I think that the best warrior helps 73 00:04:10,940 --> 00:04:13,170 myself and soldiers in general . I 74 00:04:13,170 --> 00:04:15,520 think it gets us to do the army tasks 75 00:04:15,530 --> 00:04:19,200 that often may be neglected by our 76 00:04:19,200 --> 00:04:21,340 units when we're so focused on doing 77 00:04:21,350 --> 00:04:24,250 our metal tasks and sometimes we forget 78 00:04:24,250 --> 00:04:26,490 about the army warrior tasks as a staff 79 00:04:26,490 --> 00:04:28,212 sergeant . I really think it's 80 00:04:28,212 --> 00:04:30,490 important , especially for other N . C . 81 00:04:30,490 --> 00:04:34,270 O . S . To compete in this event and 82 00:04:34,280 --> 00:04:36,391 get additional training into practice 83 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:39,220 meet other N . C . O . S from other 84 00:04:39,220 --> 00:04:41,620 MSC's . Additionally , now I can go 85 00:04:41,620 --> 00:04:45,530 back to my unit and if we ever 86 00:04:45,530 --> 00:04:48,260 have these events that do seldomly come 87 00:04:48,260 --> 00:04:52,090 up , I'll no longer be a staff 88 00:04:52,090 --> 00:04:54,740 sergeant that isn't sure of what 89 00:04:54,740 --> 00:04:56,407 they're doing . I'll now have 90 00:04:56,407 --> 00:04:58,610 confidence and be able to train other 91 00:04:58,610 --> 00:05:00,777 soldiers and other N . C . O . S . How 92 00:05:00,777 --> 00:05:03,220 to perform these tasks . And we're not 93 00:05:03,220 --> 00:05:05,290 just training the soldiers just to 94 00:05:05,290 --> 00:05:07,346 train them or for them to experience 95 00:05:07,346 --> 00:05:09,401 the specific lane , like the medical 96 00:05:09,401 --> 00:05:11,623 lane or mystery event . We want them to 97 00:05:11,623 --> 00:05:13,679 get something out of that . Uh , and 98 00:05:13,679 --> 00:05:15,790 then to be able to take that training 99 00:05:15,790 --> 00:05:17,901 and incorporate it into their units . 100 00:05:17,901 --> 00:05:17,530 That's really where the rubber hits the 101 00:05:17,530 --> 00:05:19,641 road and that's where we get the most 102 00:05:19,641 --> 00:05:21,641 mileage out of this . When soldiers 103 00:05:21,641 --> 00:05:23,641 actually can internalize what it is 104 00:05:23,641 --> 00:05:25,863 that they're doing and then taking them 105 00:05:25,863 --> 00:05:28,086 out to their units . That's priceless . 106 00:05:31,650 --> 00:05:35,020 Regardless of the end result . It's not 107 00:05:35,020 --> 00:05:37,076 about winning the competition , it's 108 00:05:37,076 --> 00:05:39,187 about growing as a person challenging 109 00:05:39,187 --> 00:05:42,090 yourself , making those around you 110 00:05:42,100 --> 00:05:44,740 better . This competition 111 00:05:45,450 --> 00:05:47,130 breeds excellence .