May 7, 2010 - Two Wisconsin National Guard Soldiers will compete with Soldiers from six other states at the Regional Soldier of the Year Competition at Fort McCoy May 10-13 for the right to advance to the National Guard Bureau's Best Warrior Competition in August.
Pfc. Randy Fendryk of Waukesha and Sgt. Cody Brueggen of Oconomowoc earned the distinction of being the Wisconsin Army National Guard's Soldier of the Year and Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, respectively, by completing a rigorous schedule of a dozen events - completing a physical fitness test, qualifying on M-4 automatic rifles, competing in hand-to-hand combat drills and answering questions on military knowledge before a panel of three sergeants major.
Fendryk is a multiple launch rocket system specialist from Battery C, 1st Battalion, 121st Field Artillery in Sussex, and Brueggen is a utilities equipment repairer from Detachment 1, 107th Maintenance Company in Sparta.
Last year, Spc. John Wiernasz of Vadnais Heights, Minn., won the annual Soldier of the Year competition and Sgt. Raymond B. Heilman, Spooner, won the NCO of the Year competition. Both are members of Detachment 1, 950th Engineer Company, a Spooner-based unit that specializes in mine clearance. Wiernasz advanced to the Army National Guard's Best Warrior Competition last August at the Warrior Training Center, Fort Benning, Ga.
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