Morgan City native to compete for best officer title

WIESBADEN, Germany — A Morgan City native will compete to be named the best junior officer in U.S. Army Europe for 2014.
2nd Lt. Kristen M. Daisy, an ordnance officer with Service Company, 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery in Kaiserslautern, Germany, will take part in USAREUR’s Best Junior Officer Competition, Sept. 14-19.
The six-day event takes place at USAREUR’s Joint Multinational Training Command facilities in Grafenwoehr, Germany, and challenges competitors to complete a series of approximately 20 tasks and missions. Competition events are designed to test each warrior’s knowledge, physical and battlefield skills in hands-on and situational testing and oral and written examinations.
Those events include a day and night land navigation exercise, an obstacle course, a physical fitness test, a hand-to-hand combat tournament, a battlefield medical scenario and other physical activities. Soldiers and officers also participate in a simulated media interview, write an essay, take a written examination, and demonstrate their military knowledge and bearing for a board of sergeants major.
Started in 2011, the Best Junior Officer Competition is unique to USAREUR. The competition is designed to help young leaders keep their minds and skills sharp by pushing them mentally and physically in a challenge that promotes the knowledge, skills, leadership traits and esprit de corps that are fundamental for up-and-coming leaders. The officer event takes place in conjunction with like competitions for non-commissioned officers and junior enlisted soldiers.
For more information and updates on USAREUR’s Best Warrior and Best Officer Competitions, visit www.eur.army.mil/bestwarrior and the USAREUR Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/USArmyEurope.