30 minutes in paradise

PAX did 10 U-ups at the goal line, squat-crab walked with a rifle carry to the 10, did 10 man makers, bear crawl/coupon dragged bag to the goal line.Rinse and repeat for 30 minutes

The U-ups covered our abs, so we channeled our inner @French Lick, and worked on our non-mirror muscles.  Pickle Pointers, slow/fast x20Swimmers:  Freestyle x10 on a four count, breast stroke x10 on a four count.

Jason Redman (no relation to our Redman)Fallujah, IraqOn September 13, 2007, during a special operations mission, Redman was struck by machine gun fire. It first hit him in the left elbow, then in the right side of his face, entering his jaw and exiting through his nose. At the time he was acting as the Assault Force Commander. Their mission was to capture a “high-value Al-Qaeda operative.” In all, Redman was shot seven times to the face and arms.LT Redman arrived at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, MD on September 16, 2007. As of 2012, he had undergone 37 surgeries, and required 1,200 stitches, 200 staples, 15 skin grafts, and one tracheotomy. Redman lost his sense of smell and has a limited range of motion in his left arm.While Redman was recovering, he hung a sign on the outside of his hospital door. He said, “the sign came about because a few people came into my room with sorrow for the wounds I received and I pledged shortly after I was wounded not to feel sorry for myself, so I wasn’t going to allow anyone else to feel sorry for me.” The bright orange sign read:
Attention to all who enter here. If you are coming into this room with sorrow or to feel sorry for my wounds, go elsewhere. The wounds I received I got in a job I love, doing it for people I love, supporting the freedom of a country I deeply love. I am incredibly tough and will make a full recovery. What is full? That is the absolute utmost physically my body has the ability to recover. Then I will push that about 20 percent further through sheer mental tenacity. This room you are about to enter is a room of fun, optimism, and intense rapid regrowth. If you are not prepared for that, go elsewhere.
It was signed, “The Management.” The sign attracted then-President George W. Bush, and Redman had the chance to meet him in the Oval Office.  The sign hangs at the wounded ward of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.This appears to be our last frigid beatdown in a while.