# U S Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Day 7 (1018308)

U.S. Army Soldiers participating in the U.S. Army Europe and Africa Best Squad Competition awards ceremony at Tower Theater, Grafenwoehr, Germany, Aug. 6, 2026. The ceremony recognized the top-performing squad and individual competitors after a multi-day competition that tested Soldiers’ physical fitness, technical proficiency, tactical skills, and teamwork to identify the best squad in the U.S. Army Europe and Africa area of operations. Teams from across U.S. Army Europe and Africa will meet at Grafenwoehr Training Area, Germany, to compete for the title of Best Squad, July 30-Aug. 6, 2026. The event tests the squad’s effectiveness, communication, and overall cohesion, as well as the individual Soldiers’ technical and tactical proficiency, endurance, and fortitude. This competitive training event exercises a full range of Squad-Level Skills; highlighting professional excellence and knowledge to determine the command’s top teams. Winners of this competition will advance to represent U.S. Army Europe and Africa at the Army Best Squad Competition. One noncommissioned officer and one junior Soldier will be selected out of the final winning squad to be named the Army’s Best NCO and Best Soldier of the Year, respectively. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kaiden Silversmith)

- Kind: Short
- Year: 2026
- Runtime: 1 min
- By: U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kaiden Silversmith
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:U_S_Army_Europe_and_Africa_Best_Squad_Day_7_(1018308).webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Kaiden Silversmith
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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