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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Cindy, she’s my friend

WARMUP: Hold plank while we remember SSgt TJ Dudley

THE THANG:
Murph-ish style Dora, Cindy played a 3rd wheel the whole workout
– 100 pulls up, high knees with Cindy overhead
– 200 merks, farmers carry up the hill and leave it, run back; partner brings it back
– 300 squats; same thing with Cindy and hill
– Laps around the playground: partner overhead carries Cindy while partner runs the lap, trade places when partner catches up: 10 laps

COT

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Corporal Keaton Coffey

Splinter, Tug It (PAX from down range) and YHC honored Corporal Keaton Coffey at the Honey Badger.

Keaton lived in the town of Boring nihrough hie and attended Damascus Christian School from kindergarten through high school. After graduan: ing in 2007, he began taking classes at George Fox University but chose 10 enlist in the Marine Corps after two semesters. Keaton completed training for military police officers before reporting to Camp Pendleton, California and, in 2010, volunteered for a seven-month tour of duty in Afghanistan. Hewas then accepted into k9 School to become a Military Working Dog Handler, and deployed back to Afghanistan with Denny, a German shepherd, in December 2011.
Keaton was engaged to be married, his wedding date just weeks after he was due home. When his contract with the Marines was fulfilled, Keaton wanted to continue his education and become a firefighter, like his father. On May 24, 2012, Corporal Keaton Coffey, 22, was mortally wounded by enemy sniper fire while conducting combat operations in the Helmand province of Afghanistan. He is survived by his fiancée, Brittany Dygert; his parents, Grant and Inger; and his canine partner, Denny.
The Keaton Coffey Memorial Scholarship Fund was established to provide financial assistance to students enrolled at Damascus Christian School. To make a donation, please visit http://www.DCEF4You.org. The Hero Half, an annual half-marathon, was also founded to honor Keatons memory; proceeds from the race benefit his scholarship fund and a local chapter of the Vietnam Veterans of America. Online race registration is available at http://www.HeroHalf.org.

WOD:
– Run 800m
– 50 Squats with a cindy
– 50 Derkins with feet on the cindy
– 50 LBCs
– Run 800m
– 35 Squats with a cindy
– 35 Derkins with feet on the cindy
– 35 LBCs
– Run 800m
– 20 Squats with a cindy
– 20 Derkins with feet on the cindy
– 20 LBCs

We had time left so we each grabbed an additional cindy completed a Farmer Carry down the hill, around the playground, and back to the pull up bars.

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LOREDO

WARMUP: Mosey to the bottom of the hill past the ROTC building for some plank-position exercises. Mosey to the pull-up bars.
6 Pull-Ups & 6 Burpees
Repeat for 3 total rounds
THE THANG:
Make our way to the track. We are here to remember US Army Staff Sergeant Edward Loredo.
6 Rounds
24 Squats
24 Merkins
24 Walking Lunges (12ea leg)
Run 400m

When all finished, line up on the goal line.
Bear crawl 100yds to the other goal line for 30 American Hammers (15 – 4ct)
Crawl bear back to the starting goal line.

MARY: Included throughout
ANNOUNCEMENTS: F3 State of the Nation July 16
Community 5k, various Q announcements, read the newsletter
COT: 5th Core Principle

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27th Badger of 2024

16 at for the Clovis.

150 burpee pull-up
10 mile run
Partition as desired. We did 15 burpee-pull-ups and run 1 mile. Rinse and repeat

One of the simplest and hardest workouts. Nobody finished even half of it

– ’s shoulders have to bear the weight of his arms
– left early in protest
– wants to know if anyone’s finished that workout ever
– is crushing it. Keys to success: being a site Q
– we lost only to find him right at name-o-rama (introvert energy)
– didn’t ask if I wanted to carpool
– & batflipped to some Mary a tad early
– is ’s medical consult
– believes retribution will be had at his VQ on Friday
– took the over
– hardest working Gen Zer in the Fort?
– couldn’t be caught (by me at least) on the last mile

Listen, you could rub your overheating body against the ROTC building because the condensation on the outside wall is much cooler than the air temperature. But it still won’t make burpee pull-ups easy, nor will it verify this report better than , , or

But they’d have to check slack to make it happen….

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300% humidity and 80 degrees

WARMUP:
SSH
Cherry pickers
Windmill
Low slow squat
Maraca nightclub
Arm circles

THE THANG:
Mosey to the track where shield and his 2.0 were already putting in the work. Great job!

Run a mile
100 merkins
110 yd bear crawl
Run .75 mile
100 merkins
110 yd bear crawl
Run .50 mile
100 squats
100 LBCs
Run .25
100 squats
100 LBCs

Run stadium steps till time

Finished off workout with Airborne hip exercises. Dark Helmet is not a fan so he didn’t participate.

Great work by all Pax. It was extremely hot and humid but they all pushed to get through at least the last round of bear crawl. Leaders were running stadium steps when time was called.

This was a workout created to honor DEA Special Agent Terry Watson. Who was killed in Bogota Colombia June 20, 2013.

Workout was modified, but it still sucked.
MARY:
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
COT:

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Honoring a Hero

This hero workout is in honor of my friend and classmate Capt. Mark “Pitbull” McDowell. Four took on the challenge and were rewarded with a sunrise for the ages. Here’s what we did:

– Run 1 Mile
– 5 Minute Plank
– 200 Calf Raises
– 300 LBCs
– Run 1 Mile
– 100 Muscle-ups
– 200 Merkins
– 300 Squats

Mark was a 4.25 GPA student, captain of the soccer team, and an all-around great young man. He was the guy you wanted to hate because he was good at everything. But once you got to know him, you learned that he was the type of guy you strived to be. When he graduated high school, he attended the Air Force Academy. Upon graduation in 2005, he completed Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, and Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Captain McDowell completed the Basic Qualification Course – F-15E in May of 2008 and was assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina.

Mark’s plane went down in Afghanistan. He left behind a wife, loving family, and many friends. As his grandfather said at his service, “He was born to fly and he died doing what he loved.”

If Mark were here today, he would have been the guy crushing the workout from the front with a smile on his face. He would have been the guy to encourage the whole time.

Remember, we GET TO do this. Some others aren’t as blessed.

-IJ

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