7 doods rolled up, some more sore than others, for a post-memorial day post-Murph workout. Memorial Day, after all, is to honor those who have fallen in battle or otherwise given their lives in military service. So do to so, we took a tour of the AO and did some recovery work with a reminder about each major conflict.
DISCLAIMER
COP
We warmed up slowly.
THE THANG
In order to remember the lost, we took a tour of our AO and did an exercise at each location to commemorate each major conflict.
Listed are conflicts and the combat losses.
- Front of the school: 1776 American Revolutionary War: 8,000 combat fatalities: 8 slow merkins
- War of 1812: 2,260 combat fatalities: 22 overhead claps
- Mexican American War: 1,733 combat fatalities: 17 Australian snow angels
- Civil War: 214,938 combat fatalities: 21 forward lunges, single count
- Indian Wars: 1,769 combat fatalities: 17 reverse lunges, single count
- Spanish American War: 385 combat fatalities: 3 burpees
- Philippine-American War: 1020 combat fatalities: 10 pull ups
- World-War I: 53,402 combat fatalities: 53 LBCs
- World War II: 291,557 combat fatalities: 29 WWII Sit ups
- Korean War: 33,686 combat fatalities: 33 Freddie Mercuries, single count
- Vietnam War: 47,434 combat fatalities 47 flutter kicks, single count
- Gulf War: 149 combat fatalities: 14 merkins
- War in Afghanistan and Iraq War: 5,429 combat fatalities, 54 SSH IC
- From 2006 to 2021, The DOD reported 19,378 deaths of active duty military service members with 6,198 in accidents (training and transport), and 4,930 from “self-inflicted” causes. 19 merkins or, if time is needed, 61 mountain climbers (single count) and 49 plank jacks, then 19 merkins for the total.
MARY
No time as the pax graciously granted a Mortal Kombat on this slightly extended Q.
CIRCLE OF TRUST
PRAYER
MOLESKIN
In looking through these conflicts, and thinking about the smaller ones I’ve intentionally omitted, it’s easy to sit in judgement of history over which wars were more “just” than others. But that’s not the point here. The point is that each number here (and the multipliers that get added when one considers non-combat and civilian casualties) represents a man or woman who didn’t get to carry on.
Honoring their sacrifice doesn’t mean wallowing in sadness. It means celebrating the virtues of bravery, brotherhood, sacrifice, and the simple joys of life. Each morning is a chance we get to do things better, and not everyone gets that chance.
Convergence is June 10th
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