Backblast! Veterans Day Beatdown
DATE: 2026-11-11
AO: Quarantine
Q: Green Thumb (Ray Perry),
PAX: Jiffy pop (Prabhu) Money Pit – (Blake Anderson) ransomware (Andrei) Sharkbait (Jarrod Scott) Rosco P (Rich O'Donnell) Trey Fussell (Bill Nye) Thingamabob (Ariel) Boys 2 Men (Scott Markel) Duck Hunt Green Thumb (Ray Perry) Hooper (Bert D) Rio (Andrew DiGiovanni) Pump Action (Kevin Marer) Uggs (Brandon Bitner)
FNGs: None
COUNT: 14
WARMUP: SSH, Imperial Squat Walkers, Willie Mayes Hayes, Sir Fazios, Good Mornings, and burpees for the tardy PAX
THE THANG: We mozied to the parking deck for a tour of the 5 services basic training locations. Starting at the 1st level with the shortest bootcamps and working our way up. PAX cycled through 3 exercises until time was called (approx 6 minutes), then run to the next parking level. The number of reps was determined by the length, in weeks, of the service boot camp
1st level – Air Force ( 7 1/2 weeks) Lackland Airbase, San Antonio, TX
8 reps – Jump Squats, Lunges (L/R =1), Heels to Heaven
2nd Level – Coast Guard (8 weeks) Camp May, NJ
8 reps – Superman pulldowns, side lunge (L/R=1), CBL
3rd level – Navy (9 weeks), Great Lakes Naval Station, Chicago
9 reps – Merkins, LSF ( 4ct), WWII
4th level – Army (10 weeks), Multiple locations MOS dependent
Ft Jackson, SC; Ft Leonard Wood, MO; Ft. Still, OK; Ft. Benning, GA
10 reps – Mt. Climbers (4 ct), Aligator Mercans, Lt. Dans
5th level – US Marine Corps, (13 Weeks) San Diego, CA & Paris Island, SC
13 reps – Burpees, Amer. Hammers (4 ct), Split lunges (13 each leg)
Listen to each services anthem at each level. Mozied back to the flag with some Marine Corps cadence.
MARY: Done during beatdown
ANNOUNCEMENTS: A plenty. Check the slack calendar
1. Roadside Cleanup – Saturday, November 14 – 0930 @ Roadside Cleanup
2. F3 Luncheon – Mezcalito (Rolesville) – Friday, November 20 – 1130 @ 2nd F
3. Oakwood 24 (Run/Ruck) at Lakeside Retreats – Saturday, November 21 – 0800 @ Convergence
4. Dirty Santa Convergence – Saturday, December 05 – 0700 @ Convergence
5. F3 Luncheon – Empanadas at Thingamabob’s – Friday, December 18 – 1130
COT: Prayers for Erin and TubeTop. Roscoe’s friends Anthony and Jane. Sell High and family as he shipped off to AF boot camp this week.
Prayers and gratitude for all current and former service members on this Veterans Day.