Archive for October, 2008


Infantry Squad Leaders Course Colored Version

All I did was the pencil sketch that was posted earlier. Kyle took it from there to produce the above image. I enjoy collaborative art because when the collaboration is a good one, it’s like opening a birthday present when the final art is unveiled.

Fitness Platoon – Oct 29, 2008

1 mile of hills
18 minutes of lower body and abdominal calisthenics (boot beaters, star jumps, windmills, lunges, crunches, flutter kicks and stretches)
1 mile of hills
18 minutes of lower body and abdominal calisthenics (boot beaters, star jumps, windmills, lunges, crunches, flutter kicks and stretches)

No camera again which is a shame since the leaves are at their [...]

Fitness Platoon – Oct 27, 2008

4.5 mile run
Abs by Gunny (2 minutes of crunches, 1 minute of crunches, 30 seconds of crunches, 1 minute of assisted leg-lifts, 15 atomic sit ups, 1 minute of ins and outs)
20 minutes of razzle dazzle and Frisbee football

A reenactment of Taylor finishing the run. He is too fast for me to actually beat [...]

Fitness Platoon’s Junto – Oct 24, 2008

“The Nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools.”
-Thucydides

The Fitness Platoon has decided to concentrate on the often neglected body part: The brain.
We have started a study group. Those who have enough time before shipping [...]

Fitness Platoon – Oct 24, 2008

Initial Strength Test:
1. 5 mile run
Max set of pull-ups (male) Flexed arm hang for time (female)
Max crunches in 2 minutes

Brady getting his inaugural pull-ups.
We’ve got a lot of different faces since last month’s IST. Brady, Cory, Andrew and Travis have all joined us in the last month. Today’s test gives them a baseline [...]

Fitness Platoon – Oct 22, 2008

45 minutes of Frisbee football
45 minutes of razzle dazzle

I keep forgetting my camera so the sketches continue.
Tomorrow is the initial strength test and the end of week 18.

MACS-2 DET C Unit T-shirt logo

I drew the scorpion and Kyle Tobin did the rest.

Fitness Platoon – Oct 20, 2008

45 minutes of Frisbee football
45 minutes of razzle dazzle
Abs by Gunny:
2 minutes of crunches
1 minute of crunches
30 seconds of crunches
1 minute of flutter kicks
30 seconds of flutter kicks
1 minute of unassisted leg lifts
1 minute of ins and outs

I forgot the camera again, but from my recollection, Frisbee football looked something like the above sketch.
Yesterday was [...]