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Loadout Room photo of the day: Preparing to portage a Zodiac

February 4, 2018 by Scott Witner Leave a Comment

Loadout Room photo of the day: Preparing to portage a Zodiac

JOHNSTON, IA, UNITED STATES

Billed as “50 teams, 50 hours, 50 miles,” the U.S. Army’s 11th annual Best Sapper Competition tests combat engineers in a variety of technical and physical challenges April 25-27 at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Here competitors, including Team 35 from the Iowa Army National Guard, prepare to carry a 350-pound Zodiac boat to the Big Piney River, so they can paddle downstream to their next event. (Contributed photo courtesy of Fort Leonard Wood)

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Scott Witner is the Editor of The Loadout Room and handles product sourcing for both Crate Club and Cuna Dog. He is a former Marine Corps Infantryman with 2ndBn/8th Marines and was attached to the 24th MEU(SOC) for a 6 month deployment to the Mediterranean. He has completed training in desert warfare at the Marine Air Ground Combat Center, mountain warfare and survival at the Mountain Warfare Training Center and attended the South Korean Mountain Warfare school in Pohang.

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