Recently, cadets from Piedmont, Porter Ridge, and Parkwood descended on Piedmont High School for the first annual Piedmont Warrior Challenge.  The mission: teams of two execute the new AFJROTC obstacle course twice while timed, and then complete the Mogadishu Mile while timed.  As cadets found out, that was not a simple task.  The obstacle course consisted of 8 obstacles, including a 7 foot wall, a low crawl in the mud and a rope swing over a swimming pool just to name a few.  The Mogadishu Mile event is named in honor of the United States Army Rangers and Delta Force soldiers that had to transit from a helicopter crash site to an appointed rally point during the Battle of Mogadishu on October 4, 1993.  This event consisted of a tire flip, a kayak carry (while being pelted by water balloons), a distance run and then the obstacle course.  Overall, everyone had a great time!  The 1^st place team was Cadets Jericho Mayela of Piedmont High School and Aaron Beswick of Porter Ridge High School.  The 2^nd place team was comprised of Cadets Turner Williams of Piedmont High School and Aadan Maggio of Parkwood High School.  Congratulations to all that completed this tough course!