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While I was at the 2010 BRC rooting on our boys from Team 41, I also tried to capture some images of Team 40, our other National Guard team from Rhode Island.

Meet CPT Chris Ahlemeyer and SSG Bob Tobin. They are members of the 1st Battalion, 143rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) which is a battalion of the 36th Infantry Combat Team based in Texas.  CPT Ahlemeyer and SSG Tobin finished 1st and 3rd respectfully in the ARNG Best Ranger Competition Tryout in JAN 2010.

They are extremely strong physically and mentally and were steep competition to the rest of the field, particularly on the initial Buddy Run, the Night Road March, and the Darby Queen Obstacle Course. These two did an outstanding job during the competition and came in 14th out of 25 finishing teams.  WTG guys!! While I was sitting in the media area waiting for teams to finish their final buddy run to the finish, I couldn’t believe it when I saw these two hauling in as the 4th team to cross  the finish.  A-maz-ing.

I didn’t get a chance to meet their families until the very last day of the competition, but I know they are all extremely proud of them!  They all came down from Massachusetts and Rhode Island to watch them compete.  Congrats again to Team 40!

Another great day at the 2010 Best Ranger Competition. Team 41 started off the day in 10th place out of 26 remaining teams. Day 2 consists of Ranger stakes: skills that all rangers must have. They are tested on the following activities: grenade assault, Ranger first responder, tri-tower challenge, weapons, a stress shoot and 2 mystery events. One of the mystery events included entering and clearing a room.

I missed a few of the early events, like the grenade assault and the stress shoot, but our boys did well all day. They were crazy fast on the weapons assembly and did a fantastic job on entering and clearing a room. Not gonna lie, watching that scenario unfold was a bit intense, but they did AWESOME.

Our support team (including 1SG Dylus’ guys from NC and staff from NC Joint Force HQS) said the guys did a great job on the stress shoot. 1SG Dylus has several friends who live fairly close to Ft. Benning who came out to support the guys – it was so nice meeting all of them today! And a special thanks to all of them who’ve been helping me with the kids while I take pics of the guys.

Then it was onto the tri-tower events for a wall climb, rappel, and fast rope.

They’re doing night land-nav tonight and then onto an obstacle course and helo jump into the water tomorrow.

I’m experiencing technical difficulties here at the hotel, so I’m only able to post a few pics from today. More to come later – hopefully the connection will be better in the morning. It’s painful how long the pics are taking to load. gnite y’all!

ETA: I was able to hop on this morning and add the extra images. Off to today’s events! GOOOOOO Team 41!!!!

And Happy Mother’s Day to all of you moms out there, including 1SG Dylus’ wife, Laura, who just became a mommy for the second time just a few short weeks ago!

Many of you know my husband is a captain in the North Carolina Army National Guard.  This year he and 1SG Kevin Dylus signed up to represent the National Guard in the Army’s Best Ranger Competition.

I’m going to make this post short and sweet because…. well, it’s 10:30 and I’ve been up since 430am and I need to get some shut-eye!  I know many people are anxious to see some pics from the event, so here they are!  These are pics from Day 1 of 3 and include images from the beginning Buddy Run, two of the range sites, and the helo jump at Fryer Drop Zone.

After day 1, team 41 is in 9th place! More to come tomorrow!!!