FORT A.P. HILL, Va. -- First Army noncommissioned officers served as role-players during the U.S. Army Best Warrior Competition here Sept. 30 to Oct. 5. In the scenario, competitors interacted with members of the mythical Cortinian Army, which were played by 15 First Army Soldiers. Those Soldiers also wrote the scenario, much as they would devise a script for a unit going through a training exercise. Only instead of helping a unit prep for deployment, the script challenged Best Warrior competitors, who performed graded tasks in simulated combat.
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