California Army National Guard Sgt. 1st Class Camelia Straughn from the 270th Military Police Company, 185th Military Police Battalion, 49th Military Police Brigade, stands by with her Soldier, Spc. Mark Thomas, while he waited for his turn in the React to Contact event during the 2014 Best Warrior Competition at Camp San Luis Obispo on Oct. 22. Straughn joined the company as Thomas's platoon sergeant in July and started training almost immediately with Thomas to prepare him for the competition. (U.S. Army National Guard photo/Sgt. Ian M. Kummer/Released)