CFT prep work

From not much

Uniform: Boots and Utes, Flaks will be provided. You MUST bring a hydration source.
Location: Behind Murphy Field House on Zimborski Rd at 0615.
Event: Station PT in Teams

Buddy Carries
Ammo Can Sprints
Low Crawl/High Crawl
Thrusters/WallBall
Burpees

Rifle Qual Update

Good for you, Good for me

"PFT"
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Friday 0600 at the Marine Barracks Pull-up bars.
Green on Green, sweats optional. Bring a water source.

There will be no more Company run PFTs.

All Marines on full-duty will take this PFT for score, unless they have already done so or make arrangements approved by Company HQ.

Training day change:
Company Training will go on the 30th of September. At 1500 that day we will have a Company picnic out at Burba lake, families are welcome to come hail some new-joins with us and play some hooverball and horseshoes!

Charlies:
After the PFT, its the last Friday of the month, so do not forget to wear your Chucks.

Combat Fitness and NCO leadership:


Combat Fitness Video from TECOM:

Marine to receive Navy Cross posthumously

9/19/2008 By Lance Cpl. Bryan G. Carfrey, Headquarters Marine Corps

WASHINGTON — The Navy Cross will be awarded to Sgt. Raphael Peralta posthumously for valor during combat operations conducted November 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq, the Secretary of the Navy announced Sept. 17.
Peralta, 25, based out of Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, with Company A, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, assigned to 1st Marine Division, I Marine Expeditionary Force, was shot while clearing his seventh house on the morning of Nov. 15, 2004, during Operation Al Fajr, an assault to eliminate an insurgent stronghold within the city.
According to a I MEF press release, during search and attack operations Nov. 15, 2004, while clearing houses, Peralta was caught in a crossfire between Marines and insurgents, leaving him mortally wounded.
“After the initial exchange of gunfire, the insurgents broke contact, throwing a fragmentation grenade as they fled the building,” the press release said. "Without hesitation and with complete disregard for his own safety, Peralta reached out and pulled the grenade to his body, absorbing the brunt of the blast and shielding fellow Marines only feet away."
The medal will be presented to the Peralta family at a later date. Only 23 Marines and sailors have been awarded the Navy Cross since Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom began.
Born April 7, 1979, in Mexico City, Peralta was the oldest of four siblings. The son of Raphael and Rosa Peralta, he immigrated to the United States and joined the Marine Corps in April 2000 after receiving his green card and later became an American citizen.
Peralta is buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in San Diego. A funeral was held for him Nov. 23, 2004, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego.
Cpl. T. J. Kaemmerer, a combat correspondent who fought alongside Peralta, wrote about the day Peralta died:
"Mortally wounded, he jumped into the already cleared, adjoining room, giving the rest of us a clear line of fire through the doorway to the rear of the house. I saw four Marines firing from the adjoining room when a yellow, foreign-made, oval-shaped grenade bounced into the room, rolling to a stop close to Peralta’s nearly lifeless body ... in his last fleeting moments of consciousness (he) reached out and pulled the grenade into his body.”
Kaemmerer also retold the advice Cpl. Richard A. Mason, an infantryman with Headquarters Platoon, told him shortly after Peralta's death: "You’re still here; don’t forget that. Tell your kids, your grandkids, what Sgt. Peralta did for you and the other Marines today."

Fight Gone Bad Explained & Demo from CrossFit Inc on Vimeo.

This Friday we will violently aggress through Fight Gone Bad.

Afterwards we will participate in some Ground Fighting with the Marines going through the grey belt course.

Time will be 0600, platoon leaders will have full muster and be ready to roll right into PT.

Uniform is full cammies, with water source but no rank, covers or breast insignia. Mouth peice and groin protection are optional but advised for the sparring event.

A moment about Politics

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GENTEXT/REMARKS/1. THIS GUIDANCE IS ISSUED TO ENSURE THAT CIVILIAN
EMPLOYEES AND MARINES EXERCISE THEIR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF
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PROHIBITING OFFICIAL INVOLVEMENT OR THE APPEARANCE OF OFFICIAL
INVOLVEMENT IN PARTISAN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES PER THE REFERENCES.
2. UNDER REF A, MOST FEDERAL CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES MAY ACTIVELY
PARTICIPATE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES ON THEIR OWN TIME AND OUTSIDE
THE FEDERAL WORKPLACE. THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT RESTRICTIONS ON
FUNDRAISING, RUNNING FOR OFFICE IN PARTISAN ELECTIONS, USING ONE'S
OFFICIAL AUTHORITY OR INFLUENCE TO INTERFERE WITH OR AFFECT THE
RESULT OF AN ELECTION, AND ENGAGING IN SUCH ACTIVITIES IN ANY
FEDERAL WORKPLACE. PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE REGISTERING TO
VOTE AND VOTING AS YOU CHOOSE, ASSISTING IN VOTER REGISTRATION
DRIVES, MAKING A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION TO A PARTISAN PARTY OR
CANDIDATE, PUBLICLY ENDORSING A CANDIDATE IN ONE'S PRIVATE CAPACITY,
TAKING ACTIVE PART IN MANAGING A PARTISAN CAMPAIGN OR OTHER PARTISAN
POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OFF GOVERNMENT PREMISES, AND DISPLAYING ONE
PARTISAN BUMPER STICKER ON AN EMPLOYEE'S PRIVATE VEHICLE.
PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES INCLUDE SOLICITING OR RECEIVING POLITICAL
CONTRIBUTIONS AT ANY TIME, WEARING CAMPAIGN BADGES OR BUTTONS ON
GOVERNMENT PREMISES, DISPLAYING CAMPAIGN MATERIALS (PICTURES,
POSTERS, COFFEE MUGS, MOUSE PADS, ETC) AT THE FEDERAL WORKPLACE,
DISTRIBUTING CAMPAIGN MATERIALS ON GOVERNMENT PROPERTY, AND
DISTRIBUTING POLITICAL MATERIALS OVER GOVERNMENT EMAIL SYSTEMS
(E.G., SENDING PARTISAN EMAILS TO CO-WORKERS URGING SUPPORT OF A
POLITICAL CANDIDATE).
3. MARINES AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES ON ACTIVE DUTY ARE
SUBJECT TO MORE RESTRICTIVE RULES CONCERNING POLITICAL ACTIVITIES.
PERMISSIBLE ACTIVITIES INCLUDE REGISTERING TO VOTE AND VOTING AS YOU
CHOOSE, ENCOURAGING OTHERS TO VOTE, MAKING A FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTION
TO A PARTISAN PARTY OR CANDIDATE, PARTICIPATING FULLY IN THE FEDERAL
VOTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, AND DISPLAYING ONE PARTISAN BUMPER
STICKER ON A MARINE'S POV. PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES INCLUDE
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OFFICIAL AUTHORITY TO INFLUENCE OR INTERFERE WITH AN ELECTION,
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POLITICAL GATHERING, PERFORMING CLERICAL OR OTHER DUTIES FOR A
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STICKER) ON A PRIVATE VEHICLE, AND DISPLAYING A PARTISAN POLITICAL
SIGN, POSTER, BANNER, OR SIMILAR DEVICE VISIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT
ONE'S RESIDENCE ON A MILITARY INSTALLATION (EVEN IF THAT RESIDENCE
IS PART OF A PRIVATIZED HOUSING DEVELOPMENT).
4. QUESTIONS CONCERNING THE SCOPE OF PERMISSIBLE POLITICAL
ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE DIRECTED TO YOUR SUPPORTING STAFF JUDGE
ADVOCATE OR COUNSEL BEFORE ENGAGING IN SUCH ACTIVITY.
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Yeah I grunt when I get my swell on in the gym...

From Lima Company 12 sept 2008 Station PT

As amazing as this picture is, we need new T-Shirts. There's more shots from Friday, linked above. GySgt T apparently knows sign language.

Prep for weigh-ins, if there's any doubt you'll make weight come in and talk to the Company Office. The new BCP and MAP spell it out, you will be put in the 120 day notification period, unpromotable and on notice if you don't make weight.

PT Friday will be Combat Conditioning & MCMAP Sustainment. Next week the Company will run a 2nd PFT for score, you will have (1) more chance to run for score before we are completely focused on getting the CFT knocked out before 1 January.

September 11th

Remember the Fallen.

This is the new Pentagon Memorial to 9/11, to be dedicated today in Arlington, VA. President Bush will preside over the ceremony to mark its opening. The two-acre memorial at the Pentagon has 184 steel-and-granite benches, each engraved with a victim's name. It is oriented on the path Flight 77 took as it was crashed into the Pentagon, and it will never close to visitors.

The attack against us should not be forgotten. We, our Nation's warriors, must keep that day in our hearts as we prepare to go forth and fight. We are volunteers from every walk of life and every part of our country. We don't seek glory, special compensation or privelege. We bear the honor of defending our sovereign Nation.

Keep the loss of 9/11 in your heart as you carry on.

PFT & CFT

Marines,
PFT: As I mentioned we will be hard pressed to acheive a PFT and CFT for the 2nd half of the year and still get in our MCMAP and Lima Company Combat Conditioning. So that no one feels cheated by a lack of Company L PT love, PFTs can be conducted by Plt Commanders with a Company Rep to monitor. You will clear this with the Company Office during the Thurs meeting the week prior. But this allows you to get a head start and finish your platoon PFT's more expediently.
MCMAP: Bravo Co is running a grey belt course of instruction. Monday at 0600-0800. Full cammies, slick (no rank, cover or breast insignia) with a hydration source. You may want to bring hand wraps or mma gloves. If you are a medically cleared tan belt this is your appointed place of duty.
The Ball: It will be on us sooner than you know. Uniforms, expect what you inspect. Does it fit? Do you have appropriate rank sewn on? Are all of your ribbons and medals properly starred and aligned? Don't leave this to the last minute, the PX here is notoriously short of USMC issue items and Iraq/Afghan campaign medals/ribbons. Don't be that Marine. They fly, squawk and stink.

1st PFT for Score Friday

It's good to be back. Can't wait to see you all at PT.

Time:
0630 Friday
Place:
Marine Barracks on Campus.
Uniform:
Green on Green

As the title states, prepare for an easy day on Friday, since we're only going to run a PFT. Hydrate, stretch, get enough rest and be ready!