District of Columbia Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Michael Cohen demonstrates with an M249 light machine gun during pre-competition training for weapons assembly and disassembly during the West Virginia Army National Guard’s Best Warrior Competition 2025 at Camp Dawson in Kingwood, West Virginia, Jan. 29, 2025. The West Virginia Army National Guard is hosting its annual Best Warrior Competition in partnership with Qatar Armed Forces from February 2-5, 2025, at the National Service Academy in Doha, Qatar. This year’s competition is the first to be hosted jointly with a partner nation outside the continental United States, and the first time that partner nation’s military members have competed alongside U.S. service members. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Cdt. Ayden Norcross)