Day three events at the 2012 Best Ranger Competition consisted of the helocast, water confidence test, a FRIES mission, a leader challenge and a buddy run to the finish line. The water confidence test is made up of a log walk and rope drop into the pond from about 35 feet.  Then team members climb a 75-foot tower where they executed a suspension traverse into Victory Pond.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius S. Dawkins II, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne).
Day three events at the 2012 Best Ranger Competition consisted of the helocast, water confidence test, a FRIES mission, a leader challenge and a buddy run to the finish line. The water confidence test is made up of a log walk and rope drop into the pond from about 35 feet.  Then team members climb a 75-foot tower where they executed a suspension traverse into Victory Pond.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius S. Dawkins II, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne).
Day three events at the 2012 Best Ranger Competition consisted of the helocast, water confidence test, a FRIES mission, a leader challenge and a buddy run to the finish line. The water confidence test is made up of a log walk and rope drop into the pond from about 35 feet.  Then team members climb a 75-foot tower where they executed a suspension traverse into Victory Pond.
Photo by Staff Sgt. Thaddius S. Dawkins II, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne).
Teams wait to execute the final event, a 3-mile buddy run to the finish line at Freedom Hall, completes the 29 Annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition.  The run begins at the Ranger Memorial. Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne).
A short march from Victory Pond is Babbitt Field, where teams loaded another UH60 Blackhawk for a fast rope insertion / extraction system movement onto York Field at Main Post.  There they executed the leaders challenge.  Rangers were tasked with moving a sling load full of equipment from one end of the field to the other as quickly as possible. Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne).
The final event, a 3-mile buddy run to the finish line at Freedom Hall, completes the 29 Annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition.  The run begins at the Ranger Memorial. Photo by Jenn Gunn, MCoE PAO.
Day three events at the 2012 Best Ranger Competition consisted of the helocast, water confidence test, a FRIES mission, a leader challenge and a buddy run to the finish line.  
During the helocast, teams waterproofed their gear using a poncho raft.  Then they were flown by UH60 Blackhawk helicopter to Victory Pond, where they jumped into the water and swam to shore.  
The water confidence test is made up of a log walk and rope drop into the pond from about 35 feet.  Then team members climb a 75-foot tower where they executed a suspension traverse into Victory Pond.
 Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne).
Day three events at the 2012 Best Ranger Competition consisted of the helocast, water confidence test, a FRIES mission, a leader challenge and a buddy run to the finish line.  
During the helocast, teams waterproofed their gear using a poncho raft.  Then they were flown by UH60 Blackhawk helicopter to Victory Pond, where they jumped into the water and swam to shore.  
The water confidence test is made up of a log walk and rope drop into the pond from about 35 feet.  Then team members climb a 75-foot tower where they executed a suspension traverse into Victory Pond.
 Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne).
The final event, a 3-mile buddy run to the finish line at Freedom Hall, completes the 29 Annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition.  The run begins at the Ranger Memorial. Photo by Jenn Gunn, MCoE PAO.
Day three events at the 2012 Best Ranger Competition consisted of the helocast, water confidence test, a FRIES mission, a leader challenge and a buddy run to the finish line.
During the helocast, teams waterproofed their gear using a poncho raft. Then they were flown by UH60 Blackhawk helicopter to Victory Pond, where they jumped into the water and swam to shore.
The water confidence test is made up of a log walk and rope drop into the pond from about 35 feet. Then team members climb a 75-foot tower where they executed a suspension traverse into Victory Pond.
Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne).
Day three events at the 2012 Best Ranger Competition consisted of the helocast, water confidence test, a FRIES mission, a leader challenge and a buddy run to the finish line.  
During the helocast, teams waterproofed their gear using a poncho raft.  Then they were flown by UH60 Blackhawk helicopter to Victory Pond, where they jumped into the water and swam to shore.  
The water confidence test is made up of a log walk and rope drop into the pond from about 35 feet.  Then team members climb a 75-foot tower where they executed a suspension traverse into Victory Pond.
 Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne).
Day three events at the 2012 Best Ranger Competition consisted of the helocast, water confidence test, a FRIES mission, a leader challenge and a buddy run to the finish line.
During the helocast, teams waterproofed their gear using a poncho raft. Then they were flown by UH60 Blackhawk helicopter to Victory Pond, where they jumped into the water and swam to shore.
The water confidence test is made up of a log walk and rope drop into the pond from about 35 feet. Then team members climb a 75-foot tower where they executed a suspension traverse into Victory Pond.
Photo by Staff Sgt. JaJuan S. Broadnax, 49th Public Affairs Detachment (Airborne).
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