Task Force Talon Holds Competition to Select Soldier and NCOs of the Year

ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam-- Task Force Talon recently hosted its annual Soldier and NCO of the Year competition a demanding three-day event designed to highlight the unit’s most skilled soldiers and NCOs. Task Force Talon is the Army unit that provides ballistic missile defense for the island of Guam. The task force is comprised of the E-3 Air Defense Artillery (ADA) THAAD Battery, - the U.S. Army’s first-ever forward-deployed Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery - and a Guam National Guard Security Force (SECFOR) company. Currently, the SECFOR company is Charlie Company 1-294 Infantry Regiment, which is also known as Team Kulepbra;, their team conducts asset security operations in support of the THAAD battery. The Task Force also includes a detachment of Soldiers from the 307th Signal Battalion and a battalion headquarters platoon. During the competition 20 of the best Soldiers from these subordinate units competed across nine events that tested their physical fitness, technical proficiency, and mental resilience.