EP Soldier Hoping to Win ‘Best Warrior’ Competition

an elite competion… to find the ‘best warrior” in the entire army. new at six… abc-7’s andrew j. polk spoke to specalist johnathan renteria and has his story. it’s an elite competition with only 26 of the army’s top soldiers duking it out to find the very best. “it’s just great privilege to come out and represent not just for my command but also for my city that i was born and raised in. it’s an awesome privilege.” specialis jonathan renteria from el paso is representing the u.s. army pacific command in the “best warrior’s” varied challenges testing all his skills – from marksmanship to physical endurance to knowledge including his specialty, land navigation. “personally i’ve grown a lot from these competitions and getting to this point. you look a lot – you look internal a lot, and really find who you are at your core and your values – the things that you value.” the challenges span four days at fort a.p. hill in virginia … and those competing have come out on top in multiple other competitions over the past several months. “whe you’re in the army, you want to succeed. and people in the army want you to succeed. i haven’t met a person that – that didn’t want me to go far in my career. so it’s not hard to succeed when everybody’s lifting you up, especially on my family side. i really got a lot of support from my family.” andrew j. polk, abc-7. support from my family.” andrew j. polk, abc-7. good luck to specialist renteria. the winner will be announced in washington d.c. on monday. to find out more about the competion, you can check the link on our website, k-v-i-a dot com.