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A soldier holds black rope while scaling a white wall next to a field against a blue sky.

Competitive Climb

Army Spc. Peter W. Kalvelage scales the high-wall obstacle on the 500-meter NATO Standard Obstacle Course during the New Jersey Army National Guard's Best Warrior Competition at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, May 5, 2026. During the competition, soldiers demonstrated adaptiveness, resilience, lethality and the readiness to respond to future threats.

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