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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]