Friday, September 24, 2010

We're In The Army Now...

Hyrum is in Utah for a week and a half and so the boys and I had nothing better to do with our Friday night then head over to Netzaberg to enjoy their "community fest." This was an Army sponsored event but it's purpose was to allow Germans from neighboring communities to come and experience what the US Army is all about.

The boys had a lot of fun (see pictures below)! HOOAH (Hooah (pronounced /ˈhuːɑː/) is a U.S. Army battle cry used[1] by soldiers)


The boys exploring one of the tanks they had on display


They had 45 seconds to apply their camouflage


Townsend's end result


Emerson's end result


Townsend learning how to fire a gun. They actually got to fire some sort of bullet but I'm hoping it wasn't a lethal type bullet...who knows?


Emerson takes a "shot" at using the rifle


The boys doing push ups for their PT test


They had 30 seconds to do as many sit ups as they could. I was pretty impressed. They just pounded out the sit ups like they were professionals. There was one kid who was crying and he looked like he was older than the boys

This is a video of the boys doing the obstacle course run. I'm glad they got to have a little taste of what soldiers experience when they go to work.


4 comments:

  1. this looks fun! i'm glad you guys had a good time.

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  2. Awesome time! We miss you guys! Is Hyrum in Utah because of his Dad's health, or is there a happy reason?

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  3. How fun! You guys always know how to have a good time.

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  4. It's been so fun scrolling through your blog and looking at the pictures. I hope to find time to go back and read a bunch of it but if not I will be a great follower from here on out. Are you back in Germany? I hope the journey home was uneventful. It will be fun keeping up with you.

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