U.S. Army Sgt. Timothy Jenkins, assigned to Company A, 1st Battalion, 4th Infantry Regiment, overcomes an obstacle during the Joint Multinational Training Command?s Best Warrior Competition at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, Aug. 12, 2014. (Gertrud Zach/U.S. Army)

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