By Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Sheldon, 40th Combat Aviation Brigade | June 9, 2021
Estimated reading time 9 minutes, 34 seconds.
For Staff Sgt. Brianna Pritchard, an Army National Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter mechanic from Anchorage, Alaska, it all started with a dream to become an Olympian and a little bit of genetics.
Staff Sgt. Brianna Pritchard, an Army Nation Guard UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter mechanic from Anchorage, Alaska, in front of a Task Force Phoenix UH-60 Black Hawk medieval helicopter at Al Asad Air Base, Iraq. Pritchard is training to qualify for the 2024 Paris Olympics in breaking. Sgt. Daniel Soto for Alaska National Guard Photo
Who is Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Brianna Pritchard, the break dancing helicopter mechanic. Will the Army send this soldier to the Olympics for breaking?
An Army NCO Is Aiming for Gold in the Olympics’ Newest Event: Breaking
Staff Sgt. Brianna Pritchard does a fresh freeze in the middle of a throw down. (Alaska National Guard)
The news isn’t breaking, but the dance is. Once known as “break dancing,” it’s now a points-driven competitive sport, and it’s headed to the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. Team USA is gathering a super crew of America’s fresh B-boys and B-girls in America to represent in the first Olympic throwdown battle.
If you didn’t understand half of that, it’s OK. You have a little over three years to update your wack vocabulary.
An Army National Guard helicopter mechanic deployed to Iraq is training to qualify for the Olympics in breaking, a sport newly added to the 2024 games.