Uzbek soldiers win U.S. competition

Anvar Tursunov and Azamat Kenjayev, junior sergeants, from the Uzbekistan Ministry of Defence, are the top performers and winners of the "Best Soldier - 2023" competition, the Ministry of Defence press service said.

The competition was held at Camp Shelby military training base in Mississippi, USA. The competition was staged with Uzbek servicemen and servicemen of Special Forces of the US National Guard.

During the competition our servicemen successfully completed individual fitness tests (Fitnes test consisting of six exercises), overcoming physical and psychological stress, orienteering 15 km at night, 20 km march with full 15 kg weight, combat and general training tests, essay writing (not less than 500 words on combat cooperation), artillery fire control, disassembly, assembly and activation of firearms.

They also broke the competition record by completing a 20km march with a full 15kg weight in 1 hour and 54 minutes.