The Donny & Birt

This was my make-up Q for having missed 2 weeks prior for being DR.
WARMUP: SSH, Merkins, Moroccan Nightclubs
THE THANG: The Donny: U.S. Army Specialist Donald L. Nichols, 21, of Shell Rock, Iowa, assigned to the 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, Iowa Army National Guard, based in Waterloo, Iowa, died April 13, 2011, in Laghman province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit using an improvised explosive device. He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Roger and Becky Poock; his father and stepmother, Jeff and Jeanie Nichols; and his brothers, Nick and Joe.
21-15-9-9-15-21 Overhead Press and Man Makers run a lap around the parking lot

The Birt
Corporal Ashley Birt enlisted into the Australian Regular Army in June 2007 and was allocated to the Royal Australian Engineers as a Geospatial Technician.
He was killed in Afghanistan on Oct 29, 2011
11 Rounds
Run around the parking lot
10 Curls
10 Big Boys
10 Chest Press

MARY: LBC’s til time ran out
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Bethel Serve 11/7. Read your Newsletter
COT: It’s between the PAX who were there 😉

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BERT

WARMUP:
THE THANG: 50 burpees 400 meter run, 100 merkins 400 meter run, 150 walking lunges 400 meter run, 200 squats 400 meter run, 150 walking lunges 400 meter run, 100 merkins 400 meter run, 50 burpess
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: bethel men’s shelter, 12 year convergence
COT:

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75mins, a little complexity, a lot of effort

The image of the board will be used as the workout details but in case others want to use this, here are a few notes to consider:
– Split the group if needed.
– Predetermine a good distance for the Mode of Transportation (M.O.T.) and ensure it’s clearly articulated.
– Keep repeating the “Thang” section until every PAX completes 1 time on the M.O.T.
– Give example of the exercise before that “Thang” section, not all examples in the beginning.
– Open to other feedback
WARMUP:
THE THANG: See image.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS: Newsletter content.
COT: 5th Core Principle

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U.S. Marine Cpl. Albert Gettings – “Bert”

U.S. Marine Cpl. Albert Gettings, 27, of New Castle, Pennsylvania, died on Jan. 5, 2009, while conducting counter-sniper operations in Fallujah, Iraq. Cpl. Gettings was serving as a team leader with the 2nd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 2nd Marine Division, Il Marine Expeditionary Force, of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, at the time of his death.
Every quarter, Cpl. Gettings’ fellow Marines in Fox Company complete a special CrossFit workout in his honor as part of the Cpl. Albert P. Gettings Award ceremony.
He is survived by his wife, Stephanie Palimino; parents, David and Juliet; and sister, Cori.

WARMUP:
Ran the 400m loop
1st corner: 15 SSH IC
2nd corner: 10 Windmills IC
3rd corner: 15 Imperial Walker IC & 15 Hillbilly Walker IC
4th corner: Plank while honoring “Bert”

THE THANG:
50 burpees
400-m run
100 push-ups
400-m run
150 walking lunges
400-m run
200 squats
400-m run
150 walking lunges
400-m run
100 push-ups
400-m run
50 burpees

MARY:
No need

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Iron Pax Week 1 – ROF 0500 & Varsity 0500
The Fort 12 Year Anniversary 9/28/24 0630 WEP

COT:
Show To Know

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Blocks and Hills

There were three at the Badger this morning. Disclaimer – It’s been a while since I Q’d here, modify if necessary.
Warm-ups – SSHs, Windmills, Imperial Walkers, MNCs
Next, we made our way to the Pull-up bars and grabbed a cindy. 11s, 10 pull-ups, 1 squat thrushers and run down the hill and back up, rinse and repeat -1 pull-ups, +1 Thrusters.
Next, we moseyed to the stop sign near the bus line. Overhead cindy carry stopping at each tree for +1 man-makers (Four trees in total).
Took a couple steps to the main parking lot. One farmer carried two cindies, once shoulder carried one cindy, the other ran to the next lightpost, 5 merkins and return to switch out with the other pax. We snaked around the whole parking lot and returned to the pull up bars for three rounds of curls, bent over rows and run down the hill.
Back to COT.

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Folds of Honor

WARMUP: Honored corporal Brock Buckner and the Folds of Honor Foundation. Got some work in with SSH, windmills, tappy taps, overhead claps, honey mooners, light merkins, etc
THE THANG: pull up work at the bars, then grabbed Cindy and headed to field. Combination of exercises while carrying Cindy to the 20-50-20. Curls, overhead press, merkins, dips, squats, swings. Run a lap after each 100 yard trek. Ended with 100 yard bear crawl and 100 yard rifle carry
MARY: Mary in between laps waiting for 6
ANNOUNCEMENTS: newsletter
COT: don’t get caught up in the fight this election season rather bring the light. Family, 2.0s

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Tellier & Griff- We Get To

YHC substituted Q’d and put this together so that we could honor a few of our fallen, remember that we get to and have a little IronPax prep.
WARMUP: 10 SSH, 5 Windmills, 10 Moroccan NC’s
THE THANG: First was for Zachary Tellier
An 82nd Airborne paratrooper who pulled two comrades from a burning vehicle in April has died of wounds sustained while on a ground patrol in Afghanistan, military officials said Oct. 1.
Sgt. Zachary D. Tellier, 31, of Charlotte, was a combat infantryman with the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Bragg. He died Sept. 29, 2007 officials said.
In April, Tellier’s unit was conducting a mounted patrol when one of its vehicles drove over and detonated a bomb, which set the vehicle on fire, according to a statement from the 82nd Airborne.
Tellier pulled two paratroopers out of the vehicle to safety, suffering severe burns to his hands. He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with valor for his actions.
Spc. Larry Spray, who was one of the two paratroopers Tellier rescued, called Tellier “a good friend and a buddy.”
After he was burned, Tellier jumped up in the turret to return fire, said Sgt. Michael Layton, a member of Tellier’s unit. A lieutenant made Tellier get out of the vehicle because of his injuries, Layton said.
“Zachary Tellier has to be the biggest hero I’ve ever known or heard of, not just because of what he did, but because of his personality,” Layton said. “He came in the Army because he wanted to be around soldiers and serve his country, and he paid the ultimate sacrifice.”
Tellier is survived by his wife, Sara Tellier of Atlanta, Ga.; his father, David W. Tellier of Groton, Mass.; and his mother, Pamela Rodriguez, of Falmouth, Mass.
5 Rounds:
1- 10 Burpees
2- 10 Burpees, 25 Merkins
3- 10 Burpees, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunges
4-10 Burpees, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunges, 100 Big Boys
5- 10 Burpees, 25 Merkins, 50 Lunges, 100 Big Boys, 150 Squats

Next on the docket was the Griff.
AF Staff Sgt. Travis Griffin
Air Force Staff Sgt. Travis Griffin knew the dangers of serving in Iraq, but the 28-year-old volunteered anyway as part of a yearlong deployment to help train Iraqi police officers.
Griffin was on patrol in central Baghdad on Thursday when his vehicle encountered a roadside bomb and he was killed, officials at Kirtland Air Force Base confirmed late Friday.
Griffin, who had served in the Air Force for nearly nine years, was a member of the 377th Security Forces Squadron at Kirtland. He had been stationed at the Albuquerque base since July 2004.
Griffin’s mother, Christine Herwick of western Ohio, was at the Clearcreek Christian Assembly in Springboro, Ohio, on Thursday when she learned of her son’s death. Griffin’s picture is on a prayer wall at the church.
“He died doing what he loved,” she said.
Herwick and Griffin’s stepfather, Donald Herwick III, said he was born in Okinawa, where the Herwicks were both on active duty, and traveled with them from base to base.
“We knew there was risk every day,” Donald Herwick said. “He wanted to be there.”
Col. Robert Suminsby, installation commander at Kirtland, said Griffin’s mission in Iraq was much more dangerous than what most airmen are confronted with.
“Most deploy for four to six months. He actually volunteered to go on a 365-day tour,” Suminsby said. “He was one of the folks that really stepped up to do not just a very dangerous and demanding mission, but one that was going to last a lot longer.”
Griffin, of Dover, Del., had been in Iraq since October and was working with the 732nd Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron. As part of the squadron’s Detachment 3, Griffin and his fellow airmen were focused on helping build Iraq’s police force.
Capt. Kevin Eberhart, operations officer of Kirtland’s security forces, had regular talks with Griffin before he deployed last fall. The two talked about Griffin being safe and taking care of his troops as well as the importance of the mission.
“The biggest thing that comes to mind when I think about him is he was definitely the right person if you had to pick one individual from our unit to go over and do this training. He was that one,” Eberhart said.
In a November interview with the American military newspaper Stars and Stripes, Griffin said: “I want to leave knowing that we’ve done something.”
Eberhart described Griffin as competent and confident but not arrogant.
“He had a capability and a charisma about him,” he said.
Kirtland Air Force Base spokeswoman Jillian Speake said a memorial service was being planned for Griffin but no date has been set.
Griffin is the second Kirtland airman to die in Iraq in the past month. Sgt. Christopher Frost, 24, a native of Wisconsin, was killed in March near Bayji, Iraq, when the Iraqi Army Mi-17 helicopter in which he was riding crashed. He was assigned to Kirtland’s 377th Air Base Wing and worked with the base’s public affairs office.

The exercise consisted of:
800m run
400m nur
800m run
400m nur

MARY: The 200 big boys were plenty, and we ran out of time.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: IronPax signup, Bethel Serve Help Request,
COT: Several families in the community lost husbands and fathers at a much too early age recently. Prays for those families to get back on their feet after the tragedy.

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The Bradley

0500 Honey Badger

A great group of HIMS descended on NAFO to start their week like a Hero.

Warmup

20 SSH IC
10 Windmill IC
20 Mnc Climbers IC
Stretch

Run to the Pull Up Bars

“ The Bradley”

100 meter sprint
10 Burpees OR (10 HR merkins for ppl preserving their knees)
100 meter sprint
10 Pull-ups

Wash rinse repeat 10 times.

I’m happy to say that we all finished with plenty of time to spare. A lot of great chatter, and great support for everyone along the way.

Got to COT and did 2 sets of 4 rounds of various ab exercises to finish right at 0600.

Always honored and privileged to lead at this AO. The stories and workouts here in remembrance of those who served are great reminders of what has been sacrificed for us and give us the perspective to tackle whatever life throws at us.

Take care and SYITG!

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