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Area reservist wins 'Best Warrior' honors

Spc. Shiloh Becher of Mapleton, N.D., won the Army Reserve's 2009 "Best Warrior" contest, receiving the award in a banquet on Friday night. Becher was one of 28 soldiers who competed in an intense four-day mental and physical competition in Fort ...

Spc. Shiloh Becher listens to instructions — Spc. Shiloh Becher, representing the 416th Theater Engineer Command, listens to instructions prior to the start of the Urban Warfighting Orienteering Course at the 2009 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wis., July 14, 2009. Associated Press photo

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July 18, 2009 at 11:00 PM

Spc. Shiloh Becher of Mapleton, N.D., won the Army Reserve's 2009 "Best Warrior" contest, receiving the award in a banquet on Friday night.

Becher was one of 28 soldiers who competed in an intense four-day mental and physical competition in Fort McCoy, Wis., this week to vie for the title.

An electrician in the 461st Engineer Company of Fargo, and a carpenter for the Fargo Park District, Becher now moves on to compete for the overall Army title of soldier of the year in a contest in Fort Lee, Va., in late September and early October.