Military servicemen of the Ministry of Defense, junior sergeants Anvar Tursunov and Azamat Kenzhaev attended the Best Warrior 2023 Competition, which took place on March 17-24 at the Camp Shelby military training base in Mississippi, USA.
According to the Ministry of Defense, in this competition aimed at enhancing international military cooperation and boosting the prestige of military service in special units, the Uzbek servicemen competed against the servicemen of special units of the US National Guard.
During the competition, Uzbek servicemen successfully completed physical fitness tests (consisting of 6 exercises), overcoming a strip of physical and psychological stress, orienting 15 km at night, marching 20 km with 15 kg load, had tests in combat and general training, in writing an essay (at least 500 words on the topic of combat cooperation), artillery fire control, disassembly, assembly and bringing into combat condition of US firearms, as well as firing from it in various ways and in various settings, medical training, defense against weapons of mass destruction and unexpected (sudden) exercises.
They renewed the competition record by completing a 20 km march with a full load of 15 kg in 1 hour 54 minutes.
