2026 Military Challenge

February 1–28

Pos. Branch Members Distance Average Distance Adjusted Distance Average Adjusted
1 U.S. Army 630 41,196,142 65,391 41,566,549 65,979
2 U.S. Navy 537 34,447,589 64,148 34,549,654 64,338
3 U.S. Air Force 423 23,110,300 54,634 23,117,383 54,651
4 U.S. Marines 353 21,968,512 62,234 21,992,654 62,302
5 Royal Army 203 20,039,418 98,716 20,039,418 98,716
6 Defence Forces of Ukraine 105 14,792,055 140,877 15,022,055 143,067
7 British Army 226 12,921,263 57,174 12,954,123 57,319
8 Royal Air Force 143 8,283,604 57,927 8,320,913 58,188
9 Royal Navy 130 8,098,156 62,294 8,107,365 62,364
10 U.S. Coast Guard 104 7,214,423 69,369 7,214,423 69,369
11 German Armed Forces 75 5,308,551 70,781 5,308,551 70,781
12 Estonian Army 80 3,702,988 46,287 3,702,988 46,287
13 U.S. Armed Forces Veterans 32 3,273,556 102,299 3,277,004 102,406
14 Canadian Army 39 2,962,559 75,963 2,972,562 76,220
15 Royal Marines 46 2,905,764 63,169 2,907,864 63,214
16 Norwegian Navy 31 2,538,477 81,886 2,538,477 81,886
17 German Army 35 2,467,019 70,486 2,488,426 71,098
18 French Army 27 2,280,747 84,472 2,280,747 84,472
19 South Korean Army 25 2,217,100 88,684 2,217,100 88,684
20 Danish Army 21 2,070,069 98,575 2,070,069 98,575
21 Swiss Army 23 1,813,360 78,842 1,873,380 81,451
22 Canadian Armed Forces 26 1,801,077 69,272 1,801,077 69,272
23 Finnish Armed Forces 14 1,654,119 118,151 1,654,119 118,151
24 Swedish Armed Forces 31 1,551,140 50,037 1,551,140 50,037
25 French Armed Forces 24 1,498,296 62,429 1,498,296 62,429
26 Australian Army 36 1,433,984 39,833 1,477,128 41,031
27 German Air Force 29 1,433,185 49,420 1,433,185 49,420
28 U.S. Armed Forces 20 1,203,912 60,196 1,307,327 65,366
29 British Forces 36 1,284,407 35,678 1,288,199 35,783
30 Norwegian Army 20 1,068,820 53,441 1,068,820 53,441
31 Italian Army 15 938,337 62,556 938,337 62,556
32 New Zealand Defence Forces 14 932,737 66,624 932,737 66,624
33 Dutch Armed Forces 16 926,956 57,935 929,166 58,073
34 Canadian Air Force 20 850,133 42,507 850,133 42,507
35 Czech Armed Forces 7 830,264 118,609 830,264 118,609
36 French Navy 7 789,036 112,719 789,036 112,719
37 Irish Air Force 15 763,676 50,912 763,676 50,912
38 Austrian Army 8 741,104 92,638 741,104 92,638
39 Croatian Armed Forces 3 641,066 213,689 641,066 213,689
40 South African Army 11 601,409 54,674 601,409 54,674
41 Canadian Navy 14 570,160 40,726 570,160 40,726
42 Australian Navy 14 548,260 39,161 554,065 39,576
43 Italian Navy 4 534,934 133,734 534,934 133,734
44 United States Military 5 377,693 75,539 377,693 75,539
45 Peruvian Navy 5 372,513 74,503 372,513 74,503
46 VA Grant - US Armed Forces 7 308,610 44,087 308,610 44,087
47 French Air Force 8 289,826 36,228 289,826 36,228
48 Australian Air Force 10 268,591 26,859 287,829 28,783
49 Serbian Air Force 3 271,951 90,650 271,951 90,650
50 Irish Navy 3 239,182 79,727 239,182 79,727
51 Spanish Armed Forces 3 225,847 75,282 225,847 75,282
52 Portuguese Armed Forces 6 212,118 35,353 212,118 35,353
53 Spanish Air Force 2 209,648 104,824 209,648 104,824
54 Brazilian Army 5 180,848 36,170 180,848 36,170
55 Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe 2 152,490 76,245 152,490 76,245
56 Romanian Air Force 2 148,358 74,179 148,358 74,179
57 U.S. Space Force 2 131,319 65,660 131,319 65,660
58 Swedish Army 1 97,287 97,287 97,287 97,287
59 irish Defence 3 88,896 29,632 88,896 29,632
60 Texas State Guard 1 87,069 87,069 87,069 87,069
61 Belgian Army 1 82,280 82,280 82,280 82,280
62 Norwegian Home Guard 2 81,704 40,852 81,704 40,852
63 Greek Coast Guard 2 81,005 40,503 81,005 40,503
64 Polish Forces 8 79,778 9,972 79,778 9,972
65 Akademia Morska WSM 1 79,449 79,449 79,449 79,449
66 Indian Army 1 72,330 72,330 72,330 72,330
67 Armed Forces of Bulgaria 1 70,542 70,542 70,542 70,542
68 British Marines 1 63,662 63,662 63,662 63,662
69 Japan 1 56,000 56,000 56,000 56,000
70 South African Defence 1 49,180 49,180 49,180 49,180
71 Royal Netherlands 2 41,308 20,654 46,048 23,024
72 Singapore Armed Forces 5 39,492 7,898 39,492 7,898
73 Portuguese Defense 1 39,269 39,269 39,269 39,269
74 Lithiuanian Armed Forces 2 39,039 19,520 39,039 19,520
75 British Air Force 1 24,522 24,522 24,522 24,522
76 Hellenic Air Force 2 24,000 12,000 24,000 12,000
77 Danish Navy 1 22,528 22,528 22,528 22,528
78 Latvian Navy 2 15,873 7,937 15,873 7,937
79 Cyber Operations-Integrated Planning Element United States Strategic Command 1 15,016 15,016 15,016 15,016
80 US Navy 1 11,000 11,000 11,000 11,000
81 Bulgarian Army 1 10,505 10,505 10,505 10,505
82 Poland 1 2,521 2,521 2,521 2,521
83 HM Coastguard 1 1,700 1,700 1,700 1,700