To close out the last #RockRegion invasion of the Fort YHC was given the great honor of Qing at Block Party. I am humbled to be asked to lead a fine group of men into uncharted waters for myself. I have never Q’ed a Fort area workout and early reconning was needed to find what Popeye likes to do……… stairs.   Thanks was given to the Fort PAX for the foresight  to bring F3 to Rock Hill.  The Fort is the Foundation for the Rock Region so today we worked on our foundation… aka legs.

The Thang –

Warm Up

• 15 (IC) SSH – (I was given some type of warning from Twister about not being loud but I didn’t hear him)
• 15 (IC) IW
• 15 (IC) MNC
• 15 (IC) Negative Merkins

Mosey

To the wall at the parking lot next to the springs building

• Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes in Peoples Chair… The plan on the winkie was to just go to 15, but since YHC couldn’t hear anyone counting we went to about 30.

Mosey and stop for Apache to lead us in the pledge of allegiance.

Mosey to the stairs right at the end of main street.

• 10 Squats
• Run the stairs
• 10 Monkey Humpers
• Run Stairs Double steps
• 10 (L&R Leg each) Bulgarian Squats
• Floating Steps running the stairs
• 10 Sumo Squats
• Jump Squat the stairs

Rinse and Repeat – SSH waiting  on the 6

Mosey to the hill leading up to the parking lot of the Springs Building

• Nur the hill
• 10 ranger Merkins
• Run down
• Nur the hill
• 10 ranger merkins

Mosey to the parking lot

10 rows of Bear Crawl Merkins.

Mosey back to the COT.

Run the hill at the COT and back

• 10 (IC) SSH –
• 10 (IC) IW
• 10 (IC) MNC
• 10 (IC) Negative Merkins

Done.

Earlier in the workout  I asked the PAX if they knew the what the greatest Naval Recruiting video of all time is? Answer: Top Gun.

In that movie Maverick made the job look fun & easy, but he was just one guy. In Real life that one pilot has 5000+ men now women behind him making sure he & the multi-million dollar aircraft get off of a floating runway.  Not to mention we watch Top Gun in my Navy A School of what NOT to do on the flight deck.

In reality when an aircraft carrier starts flight ops the ship captain turns the ship into the wind not away from it.  Many times we get our ship of life turned into adversity, just like the Flanagan Family Lexington is facing right now with the loss of Cheech. We saw F3 brothers from all over the country rally to Cheech’s family. To launch an aircraft it starts way below decks in the engineering space create steam to power the ship and put steam in the catapults. The cooks who feed the pilot, to the parachute gear riggers, to blue, purple, red, green, and yellow shirts – the enlisted plane captain who gets the jet ready so all the pilot has to is get in an flight right into the wind and complete his mission.  I am comforted to know that if a tragedy would strike here or with me – we have thousands PAX everywhere that would take care of your or my family.

Let just hope we are not put to the test.  However in the end Sky Q gets all the Glory not Maverick.

Aye! Popeye OUT!