POTD: Celebrities vs. Special Forces – Tactical Challenge 2020 Take 2
Photo Of The Day: We promised a follow-up on the Celebrities vs Special Forces – Tactical Challenge 2020 and here it is! Above you can see the former NFL player Andrew East firing away at steel targets from behind a car during the Special Forces Tactical Challenge at the Miller Training Complex at Fort Bragg, NC. In total, eight teams of Green Berets and celebrities competed with pistols, battle rifles and sniper rifles against time, distance and a realistic combat environment.
Below: Dan Henderson, retired mixed martial artist and Olympic wrestler, fires a rifle at various targets from behind a vehicle.
This looks like fun.
Below: Former NFL player Andrew East moves into position.
The location was the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School’s renowned Range 37.
A Soldier from the U.S. Army John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School (USAJFKSWCS) fires a pistol at steel targets.
Former star of “The Bachelorette” Shawn Booth ejects a spent shell casing from an M-24 sniper rifle after engaging long-distance targets.
Country singer Lee Brice fires a pistol at various targets
Here we have Tom Beckstrand, a former 3rd Special Forces Group Soldier and current editor for “Guns and Ammo” magazine, as he engages targets with a rifle.
Olympic gold medal gymnast Shawn Johnson fires a rifle at various targets from behind a vehicle.
Did you see TFB’s What’s it Like to Train Celebrities with Guns?
Would you rather be – a celebrity or a Special Forces soldier?
All photos by the U.S. Army, taken by K. Kassens.
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What's not said is everyone of those celebrities is pro gun.
I doubt a anti-gun celebrity would show up for this.
I'm from Iowa and Shawn Johnson is very famous around here awesome to see her in this and she looks great doing it!!