III Armored Corps Law Enforcement Activity Hosts First Ever Run and Gun Challenge

Fort Hood, Texas – U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to various units across Fort Hood competed in the III Armored Corps Run and Gun Challenge, hosted by the… Fort Hood, Texas – U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to various units across Fort Hood competed in the III Armored Corps Run and Gun Challenge, hosted by the Law Enforcement Activity (LEA), Headquarters Battalion, III Armored Corps, on Fort Hood, Texas. Oct. 9, 2026. Military and local law enforcement teams engaged with targets at eight diverse stations using pistols, rifles and shotguns across a 2.5-mile course. Unlike a standard range, the stations at this run and gun included several unique challenges to test the teams’ ability to rapidly make decisions and demonstrate marksmanship proficiency under stress.

“It's a two-person team; between you and your battle buddy,” said Sgt. 1st Class Christina Christiansen, the event planner and a platoon sergeant assigned to the LEA. “You're figuring out who’s going to take the lead, you're communicating a lot, you're moving, and it builds that confidence to make decisions in a hasty position.” Throughout the course, participants shot from a stationary helicopter, climbed across a rope bridge and navigated an underground tunnel system after shooting a sniper rifle from the rooftop of a shoot house. Several obstacles also tested their ability to maintain their marksmanship from an