Spc. Philip Gertzel, a unit supply specialist with B Company, 2-3 Infantry Regiment, 2nd Battalion 3rd Infantry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., won first place at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord Operation Rising Star competition Nov. 4, 2014. Along with first place, he won $500 and an opportunity to compete for a chance to go to San Antonio for the Army-wide finals.