2017 Gainey Cup Best Scout Squad Competition (Photo by Markeith Horace/MCoE PAO Photographer)

By Christopher J. Warner, MCoE Public Affairs

FORT BENNING, Ga. – The 2017 Gainey Cup Best Scout Squad competition concluded May 5 after four-days of grueling competition.

The top five teams are as follows:

1st Place

(FORT BENNING, Ga.) -Team 5 from 1st Armored Division’s 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment “Black Hawks,” are presented with a plaque and trophy for earning first place in the 2017 Gainey Cup on may 4, 2017. (Photo by Patrick A. Albirght, MCoE Photographer)

2nd Place

(FORT BENNING, Ga.) – Team 1 from 3rd Infantry Division’s 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, are presented with a plaque and trophy for earning second place in the 2017 Gainey Cup on may 4, 2017. (Photo by Patrick A. Albirght, MCoE Photographer)

3rd Place

(FORT BENNING, Ga.) – Team 18 from 35th Infantry Division’s 2nd Squadron, 106th Cavalry Regiment, are presented with a plaque and trophy for earning third place in the 2017 Gainey Cup on may 4, 2017. (Photo by Patrick A. Albirght, MCoE Photographer)

4th Place

Team 11 from the Royal Netherlands Army’s 104th Reconnaissance claimed fourth place.

5th Place

Team 7 from 2nd Infantry Division (represented by 1st Infantry Division) claimed fifth place.

This year’s competition had 24 teams, 20 U.S. Army and four international teams, two from Canada, one from the Netherlands and one from the Great Britain.

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