A soldier from the Jordan Armed Forces competes in the 11th Annual Warrior Competition at the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center (KASOTC) in Amman, Jordan ealier this year.
The competition, which featured 39 teams from 27 countries, played a key role in bringing the best teams from across the world to compete and learn from each other and exchange expertise, said KASOTC Director General Omar Shugeirat.
This years competition saw Kenya emerge among the top 15 teams from the 39 original starters that participated , cumulating in The King’s Challenge .
the top three teams in each of the seven events run from Sunday to Wednesday were:-
JAWS Top Shot:-
1st place: Macedonia ~ Special Task Unit TIGER
2nd place: Jordan ~ GID (General Information Directorate)
3rd place: Lebanon ~ Armed Forces – Team 2
Awakening
1st place: Jordan ~ Royal Guard
2nd place: Jordan ~ Quick Reaction Force (81st)
3rd place: Belarus ~ Special Operations Forces
Night Shade
1st place: 1st Jordan ~ Counter-Terror (71st)
2nd place: 2nd Kenya ~ MOI Counter-Terror
3rd place: 3rd Slovakia ~ 5th Special Forces
Hawkeye
1st place: 1st ~ Brunei Rejimen Pasukan Khas 1
2nd place: 2nd ~ Saudi Arabia SPU 2
3rd place: 3rd ~ Slovakia 5th Special Forces
Asylum
1st place: 1st ~ Belarus Special Operations Force
2nd place: 2nd ~ Brunei Rejimen Pasukan Khas 1
3rd place: 3rd ~ Czech 102 Recon
Trench Foot
1st place: Czech ~ 102 Recon
2nd place: Belarus ~ Special Operations Forces
3rd place: Brunei ~ Rejimen Pasukan Khas 1
Deranged
1st place: Brunei ~ Rejimen Pasukan Khas 1
2nd place: Brunei ~ Rejimen Pasukan Khas 2
3rd place: Jordan ~ Counter-Terror (71st)
The running order for the top 15 teams which participated in The King’s Challenge yesterday was:-