2011 USASFC NCO of the Year, Staff Sgt. Samuel Winslow (left), poses with USASFC Command Sgt. Maj. William B. Zaiser (center), and Spc. Christopher Thompson (right), the USASFC Soldier of the Year on May 12, 2011.

Winslow is a weapons sergeant with the 10th Special Forces Group, while Thompson is a signal intelligence analyst for Group Support Company, Group Support Battalion, 5th Special Forces Group. Both will go on to represent the command at the USASOC level competition in June.

Photo by Sgt, 1st Class John Gonzalez