Dear Friends,
This work week has turned out to be eventful despite only being 3 days long. First off, I took a written exam today which is a pretty rare thing for an infantry officer. We generally don't "do too good" with reading stuff. Anyway, this morning was my company's Iron Man Competition which consisted of the 3 best PT guys from each platoon competing in various events. You did a 1.5 mile ruck run, a 400 m water jug carry up cardiac hill (really steep hill here at Ft. Benning), a 1.5 mile run with body armor, 2 minutes of push-ups, 2 minutes of sit-ups, pull-ups, a sandbag carry, and finally a weapons assembly task. The hardest part was that you didn't get any rest between events. I felt exhausted, but I ended up taking first place. My roommates now give me a hard time asking me if "I'm actually made of iron." Another highlight is that two of my roommates, Anderson and Bosley, both met General Petraeus. He's the 4-star general in charge of the War in Iraq right now...aka one of the 5 most important people in the U.S. They were pretty happy about that chance encounter.
This weekend should be pretty fun. I've got friends coming in from a couple different places, and we should be doing something creative on Saturday. It's always good to see old friends. Anyway, next week we are going out to the field again. The weather is getting cooler, but I'm sure that it will still be tough. I'm going to enjoy my time indoors this weekend though. Bye!
4 comments:
I always knew you were a freak. Of course you were the "iron man", now all you have to do when you get a chance is to do the real thing in Hawaii, you may even get me to come along! 2.5, 116, 26.2 baby!
Grant Burns
Oh, and thanks for the shout out by being in the pic with you in Moab.
GB
"Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another." Proverbs 27:17
When iron is refined it becomes steel. The more it is refined, the more useful it becomes, like the difference between a bayonet and a scalpel blade or a watch spring.
Proud of you, Dave. Uncle Milt
Hey you.... the other day I saw a high schooler ROTC'er and I thought of the road ahead of him - and wondered if he'd treat PT like you do "The Army's paying me to work out!" I'm proud of you Dave, for so many things.... not only for being the most in-shape and disciplined person that I know.
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