Maximum Warrior Introduces Civilians into Military Challenges

Maximum Warrior is a one-of-a-kind competition that tests 20 contestants in 15 action-packed, adrenaline filled challenges. Presented by MAXIM, in partnership with the Jeep® Brand, Maximum Warrior in now in the Pro-Am portion of the web program series, and released the 11th and most recent webisode: COMBAT PISTOL. For the Pro-Am five challenge series all 10 Warriors came back and were paired with 10 newly trained civilians.

To help determine each “Joe and Pro” team, each civilian was represented by a 556 carbine cartridge with his name on it, and each Warrior by a 50 caliber cartridge etched with his name. One by one, cartridges were chosen randomly to make up the teams. Once the teams were chosen, they moved straight into the first challenge, Combat Pistol. In this challenge, teammates were stationed at the front and back of a parked Jeep Wrangler. Starting with both hands on the vehicle’s doors, the horn sounded and the challenge began. The civilian fired his GLOCK 17 first at the 32 various colored metal targets (white=1 point, blue=3 points, red= -5 points) 15 yards away. Once he hit 5 targets, his Warrior teammate was allowed to join the challenge. The winners of Combat Pistol were Luke D., 2011 Maximum Warrior and civilian partner, Mike R., as they finished with the most points, 33, at the final horn.

(Left to right: Air Force Pararescueman Steve S. takes aim, U.S. Marine Henry M. looks on as teammate Marcus N. shoots)
A Less Than Easy Challenge:
Just because the warriors were paired with individuals without a military background did not mean the Combat Pistol challenge was designed to be easy on them. Military warrior Mike S. can be heard during the webisode saying, “You’re shooting a nine millimeter from 15 yards back at six-inch plates. It’s not an easy task.” Not only was the challenge itself difficult, but the warriors also had to quickly figure out how to give their civilian counterparts instructions that would ultimately lead them to success in this competition. The Combat Pistol challenge, along with all 14 other challenges in the 2011 Maximum Warrior series, was modeled after very real situations that U.S. armed service members can and do encounter on the battlefield. The Civilians learned almost instantly that teamwork and listening to direction were keys to success in winning this challenge.
Check out Week 11’s Combat Pistol challenge and all previous weeks’ Maximum Warrior Challenge videos, biographies, and other action-packed material at www.MaximumWarrior.com.
Warrior Challenges (Weeks 1-11)

Week #1: Soldier Rescue Challenge
Week #2: Target Recognition Challenge
Week #3: Obstacle Course
Week #4: Jeep Wrangler Off-Road Maneuvers
Week #5: Wadi Patrol
Week #6: Combat Pistol Challenge
Week #7: IED Ambush
Week #8: On-Road High Speed Driving
Week #9: Beast of the Earth
Week #10: Gate to Gate
Week #11: Combat Pistol – Warriors & Civilians

About Maximum Warrior
Maximum Warrior is a one-of-a-kind competition that tests 20 contestants in 15 action-packed, adrenaline-filled challenges. Presented by MAXIM, in partnership with the Jeep® Brand, Maximum Warrior is broken down into two separate programs – the authentic Maximum Warrior Competition that pits actual special ops operatives against one another; and the inaugural Maximum Warrior Pro-Am that pairs a special ops operative with a civilian contender to create a 10 team competition. The competition series was recently completed at the
state-of-the-art T1G training facility in Crawfordsville, Ark.
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