Black Panthers from Lebanon winner of Warrior Competition 2018


The Black Panthers team Special Forces of the Lebanese Army winner of the 10th Warrior Competition 2018 that was held in the KASOTC (King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center) in Jordan, followed by China for the second place and the U.S. SWAT team from Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department took the third place.


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Black Panthers team from Lebanese Internal Security Forces winner of the 10th Warrior Competition. (Picture source Army Recognition)


For the edition 2018 of the Warrior Competition, the seven-day international competition has attracted a total of 40 teams from 25 countries and regions including the Austria, Brunei, Belarus, China, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Lebanon, Moldova, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and United States to compete in eight challenging events covering all areas of special operations such as precision shooting, obstacle shooting, special rescue, and tactical operations.

The Warrior Competition is specifically tailored to challenge, enhance and hone the abilities of the teams competing for the title as it highlights individual skills of the team members as well as their ability to work together to plan and execute the hardest yet most realistic and challenging tasks and scenarios these units may face on duty.

The significance of this world class competition is derived from the prominence and advancement of the King Abdullah II Special Operations Training Center – KASOTC as the center proves its worth as one of the best training centers in the world when it comes to training facilities, technology, and subject matter experts in the fields of counter terrorism, special operations and law enforcement.

During the seven days of the Warrior Competition 2018,  editorial and video team from Army Recognition, the International Online Defense and Security magazine covered the competition by following all the teams during all the different events with news and videos. Visit this link to see all the videos of Army Recognition Defense and Security Web TV about the Warrior Competition 2018.