CAMP BUEHRING, Kuwait -- Competition can often bring out the best in people. Whether a person is competing against other individuals or just with himself or herself, he or she is challenged to come out on top. Two hundred twenty infantrymen from the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division engaged in a week of intense competition, not against each other and not even against themselves. These Soldiers competed against long-established standards to earn the coveted Expert Infantryman Badge -- and 29 emerged victorious.

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