Road to Best Squad is an inside look into the top competitive teams selected across the Army to compete for the final title of the Army's Best Squad. The top MEDCOM team, the MRC-East squad, will now begin follow-on training to represent Army Medicine as Team 12 at the 2026 U.S. Army Best Squad Competition at Fort Benning, Ga., from September 11-19, 2026. Operating under the theme, "Strength in the Squad: Forging Cohesive, Lethal, and Survivable Medical Teams," the event assessed the squad’s physical readiness, tactical proficiency, technical knowledge and ability to make decisions as a team. The winning squad members are: Staff Sgt. Mohammed Saleh, squad leader Sgt. Jalen Coffey, team leader Spc. Aaron Garcia Spc. German Diaz Spc. Christina Turner About the U.S. Army: The Army Mission – our purpose – remains constant: To deploy, fight and win our nation’s wars by providing ready, prompt & sustained land dominance by Army forces across the full spectrum of conflict as part of the...