Sgts. 1st Class Jeremy Lemma and Timothy Briggs bested the field of 51 teams at the 2015 Best Ranger Competition. This is the second victory for Briggs. He won with another partner in 2013.
This year's second-place team is Capts. Robert Killian and Travis Cornwall, representing the National Guard.
Killian competed last year with another officer and came in second then as well.
In third place this year is a team from the 75th Ranger Regiment: Staff Sgt. Philip Jewah and Sgt. Thomas Malphrus.
Competitors run through an obstacle course on the first day of the 2015 Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Ga.
Photo Credit: Markeith Horace/Army
Just 24 teams made it to the final day of competition.
The 32nd annual David E. Grange Jr. Best Ranger Competition kicked off Friday at Fort Benning, Georgia.
The storied three-day competition pits two-man teams against each other in back-to-back events. The winning duo will earn the title of Best Ranger.
Competitors, who must be graduates of the Army Ranger School, are put through events that test their physical conditioning, Ranger skills and team strategies. The events are back-to-back and around the clock for 60 hours, allowing little time for rest and meals.
Competitors take their turn through the Helocast event on the third day of the 2015 Best Ranger Competition at Fort Benning, Ga.
Photo Credit: Patrick A. Albright/Army
Events included weapons firing, extended road marches, day and night land navigation courses, Ranger skills and parachute jumps. All events are timed, and competitors score points for each completed event. Both team members must complete each task.
The Best Ranger Competition was established in 1982 and has been compared to Ironman and Eco-Challenge competitions.
A formal awards ceremony is scheduled for 10 a.m. Monday at McGinnis-Wickam Hall in Fort Benning's Marshall Auditorium.
Michelle Tan is the editor of Army Times and Air Force Times. She has covered the military for Military Times since 2005, and has embedded with U.S. troops in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait, Haiti, Gabon and the Horn of Africa.