Corps Fitness - Redefining Your Fitness Limits!

Stepped up! It’s special when people do something special. Great work! See you bright and early on New Year’s Day. 8am & 9am classes. Everyone…please attend the last 2 Hero WODs. The “Grinder” tomorrow requires a solid group to make it work! That means we need critical mass at both 8a & 9a! Show up (or the… Continue reading »

 ”Jen was grace under pressure.  She was gentle and peaceful, beautiful and elegant.  At the same time she was strong, confidant, motivated and humbly commanded the utmost respect of all those around her.  She was courageous.”  On February 7, 2007, on the very last flight of her third deployment, only days before coming home, and… Continue reading »

Strong performances all around…

Staff Sgt. Kimberly A. Voelz, 27, of Carlisle, Pa., was killed Dec. 14, 2003, while responding to an explosive ordnance disposal call when an improvised explosive device detonated. “…she was always eager to run out the door with the guys and do what was needed to take care of us. Every soldier living at that FOB owes… Continue reading »

Try to fail. Yep, for the new and seasoned Hero Weekers…remember…this isn’t a normal week (as if). We’re ALL sore, achy, torn up, run down, and thready. Still, performances ought not look like any random class…the same old pace, weight, effort. This is a week to push the boundaries, really. No sleepwalking through, hurrying around and… Continue reading »

Lance Cpl. Holly A. Charette, 21, of Cranston, R.I.; assigned to II Marine Expeditionary Force was killed June 23, 2005 when a suicide bomber attacked her convoy vehicle in Fallujah, Iraq. “To the Charette family…I was one of the Marines that replaced her for the daily convoys into the city and manning the ECP search… Continue reading »

U.S. Army Captain Kimberly Nicole Hampton was flying an OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter above the outskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, in a raid on an illicit weapons marketplace when she was shot down on January 2, 2004. She lived her dream of commanding a U.S. Army Air Cavalry troop, and died as a footnote in history:… Continue reading »