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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      The first Inter-Service Alpha Warrior Battle took place Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 at the Alpha Warrior Proving Grounds Retama Park in Selma, Texas.Alpha Warrior Inter-Service Battle
                        
                        
                        The first Inter-Service Alpha Warrior Battle took place Nov. 17, 2018, at the Alpha Warrior Proving Grounds, Retama Park in Selma, Texas. The Air Force took home the title inter-service champions with a team finish time of 2:17:33. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sarayuth Pinthong)
                
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        Air Force Capt. Mark Bishop nears the end of the bridge obstacle of the proving rig during the first Inter-service Alpha Warrior Final Battle Nov. 17, 2018, Retama Park, Selma, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Debbie Aragon)First Inter-service Alpha Warrior Final Battle
                        
                        
                        Capt. Mark Bishop nears the end of the bridge obstacle of the proving rig during the first Inter-service Alpha Warrior Final Battle Nov. 17, 2018, Retama Park, Selma, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Debbie Aragon)
                
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        Air Force Senior Airman Stephanie Williams tackles the rings obstacle of the proving rig during the first Inter-service Alpha Warrior Final Battle Nov. 17, 2018, Retama Park, Selma, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Debbie Aragon)First Inter-service Alpha Warrior Final Battle
                        
                        
                        Senior Airman Stephanie Williams, women's category winner, tackles the rings obstacle of the proving rig during the first Inter-service Alpha Warrior Final Battle Nov. 17, 2018, Retama Park, Selma, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Debbie Aragon)
                
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Air Force proves mettle at first inter-service Alpha Warrior battlePublished Nov. 20, 2018
                    
                    By Angelina Casarez
                    
                    
                    AFIMSC Public Affairs
            **SELMA, Texas (AFNS) --**A team of six Air Force men and women bested the Army and Navy to capture the first-ever Inter-Service Alpha Warrior Final Battle held at Retama Park on the outskirts of San Antonio Nov. 17.
Capt. Mark Bishop of Air Mobility Command, Capt. Noah Palicia of Pacific Air Forces, Capt. Jennifer Wendland of Air Force Global Strike Command, 1st Lt. Stephanie Frye of PACAF, 1st Lt. John Novotny of AMC, and Senior Airman Stephanie Williams of U.S. Air Forces in Europe completed the course in 2:17:33 to win the championship, a 110-lb trophy and armed forces bragging rights for the next year.
Fashioned after the popular American Ninja Warrior TV competitions, Alpha Warrior tested the competitors’ strength, coordination and endurance through more than 20 obstacles.
The two-day event featured Air Force finals on Nov. 16 and the inter-service finals the next day. Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center and the Air Force Services Activity hosted the event.
In kicking off the finals Nov. 17, Maj. Gen. Brad Spacy, AFIMSC commander, talked about how teammates would pull each other through.
“These young Soldiers, Sailors, and Airmen are going to push through this course and they’re going to get to a point somewhere where they think they can’t make it, and they’re going to get through it and their teammates are going to get them through it. In the end, someone will be the winner, but they’re all going to win together,” he said.
It wasn’t too surprising the previous day’s Air Force Final Battle first place male and female athletes, Palicia from Yokota Air Base, Japan, and Williams from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, came out on top again in the individual category. Palicia finished with the overall fastest time at 16:57.9. Williams finished at 24:03.2.
“The competition was really tough but I’m really pumped that the Air Force is able to do this,” Palicia said. “It feels incredible to be part of the first inter-service battle.”
He said the team walkthroughs and understanding proper technique really helped them complete the obstacles.
Navy Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Bareng, who is no stranger to fitness programs, said the atmosphere motivated him.
“I wasn’t only getting motivated by my teammates but actually had Air Force and Army guys rooting me on,” he said. “It’s been one team-one fight mentality this whole time and it’s been inspiring to be alongside our sister services.”
The finals provided an opportunity for friendly competition while building camaraderie and esprit de corps among the competitors, said Army Sgt. Cameron Edwards.
“The event was challenging,” Edwards said. “It was the first event that I’ve been around Navy and Air Force together. It was a very unique time together. We competed not only against -- but with -- each other through the end.”
The program expanded from an Air Force-only event in 2017 to include Army and Navy competitors in its second season.
“This event has been a year in the making,” said Col. Donna Turner, AFSVA commander. “Airmen had to compete at the installation-level and regionals where the top two male and females were selected to compete in the Air Force Final Battle. The top six male and females moved on to our first inter-service battle.
“We have a phenomenal partnership with Alpha Warrior, to be able to bring this type of training and tactical fitness to our armed forces,” she said.
“This is the new way to train. This is functional fitness put into a complex environment where Airmen have to think, as well as be fit and strong. We call it the revolution in fitness and this is the way of the future,” Spacy said.
For more information about Air Force Alpha Warrior, visit **https://www.afimsc.af.mil/Units/Air-Force-Services-Activity/Air-Force-Alpha-Warrior/** and **http://www.myairforcelife.com/Fitness/alpha-warrior.aspx**.AFIMSC 



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