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Photos by Staff Sgt Kimberly Lessmeister, 69th ADA Bde. Public Affairs
Sgt. Frank Rodriguez, a light-wheeled vehicle mechanic with 4th Battalion, 5th
Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 69th ADA Bde., checks for wounds on a simu-
lated casualty during the Soldier skills lane portion of Lightning Warrior Week
March 30 on Fort Hood.
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Some of the events included an
Army Physical Fitness Test, weap-
ons qualification, Soldier skill lanes,
land navigation, combatives and a
ruck march.
Rosser maintains the same reason
for wanting to win the competition
as when he won the previous com-
petition, he said.
“Being the senior medic in the
brigade, I feel like I can set the
standard for all the other medics,”
he said.
Now that Rosser and Hernandez
won the brigade’s competition, they
will move on to represent the bri-
gade in 32nd Army Air and Missile
Defense Command’s Soldier com-
petition later this year.
“It’s very humbling to represent
the brigade at the division level,”
Rosser said.
In preparation for their next chal-
lenge, both Rosser and Hernandez
said they plan to pursue more rigor-
ous physical fitness routines, as well
as hone their Soldier skills.
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Staff Sgt. Eric Rosser, a medi-
cal operations noncommissioned
officer-in-charge, and Spc. Keila
Hernandez, a chemical, biological,
radiological and nuclear specialist,
both with 69th Air Defense Artillery
Brigade, had a history of excelling
above their peers.
Rosser earned the title of “NCO
of the Quarter” for the brigade last
December and Hernandez won a
battalionwide Soldier competition
to determine who would represent
her battalion during the brigade’s
quarterly Soldier competition.
Rosser and Hernandez once again
rose above their peers and won the
titles “NCO of the Year” and “Sol-
dier of the Year” after competing
in Lightning Warrior Week March
30-April 2 at Fort Hood.
Participating in the previous
competitions helped solidify both
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that she is petite and a female stop
her from winning, and she was
humble about the events in which
she was not the best.
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Rosser’s and Hernandez’s confi-
dence and skills.
“It prepared me a lot, especially
for the board, because I wasn’t so
stressed out about it because I knew
what to expect,” said Hernandez,
with Headquarters and Headquar-
ters Battery, 1st Battalion, 44th
ADA Regiment, 69th ADA Bde.
Competing and winning Light-
ning Warrior Week a second time
has helped sharpen Rosser’s skills as
a leader, he said.
“The experience of going through
all the different training events ...
(and) training myself and also train-
ing other Soldiers just makes me
a better all-around NCO,” Rosser
explained.
Though they shared the same goal
of winning the competition, Ross-
er’s and Hernandez’s motivations
were different.
Hernandez said the people who
told her she couldn’t win fueled her
motivation.
She said she did not let the fact
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