82nd Airborne Paratroopers prove themselves during 2018 Best Ranger Competition

[The Patriot]

More than 50 teams from across the U.S. Army and one from the U.S. Coast Guard would start the three-day competition, but on the final day only 16 would remain to be labeled the best in their units and the Army.After moving by foot more than 60 miles and being awake more than 60 straight hours, a single 82nd Airborne Division team made it through the 2018 Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Georgia from Apr. 13-15.The division sent three teams to compete in the event, but on the final day only Staff Sgt. Carlos Mercado, a Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team paratrooper, and Staff Sgt. Christopher Hart, a Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team paratrooper, were able to proudly say they completed the entire competition and placed 14th.

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