The Army has cancelled its annual Best Squad Competition this month due to the federal government-wide shutdown, officials said. Army officials said Friday they were looking into rescheduling the event but did not specify a date. The competition pits a roughly a dozen five-soldier teams that have won qualifying events within their major Army command. A squad from Army Pacific won the 2024 competition, dethroning the 75th Ranger Regiment, whose squads had won the previous two years. The competitors include squads from traditional combat and maneuver units, like Special Operations Command, Army Forces Command and Army Pacific, but also teams from support-focused units like the medical and intelligence corps.