First Strike Battalion spares time for student bowlers

Photo By Sgt. Garett Hernandez | Spc. Tyler Ferguson, Multiple Launch Rocket System crew member, Battery A, 1st Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Fires Brigade helps a student, from Manor Middle School, bowl during a school field trip to a local bowling alley for a Physical Education class, March 6 at Killeen, Texas bowling alley. (Photo by Sgt. Garett Hernandez, 41st Fires PAO)  

KILLEEN, TX, UNITED STATES

03.07.2013

Story by Sgt. Garett Hernandez 

41st Field Artillery Brigade

KILLEEN, Texas - Soldiers from 1st “First Strike” Battalion, 21st Field Artillery Regiment, 41st Fires Brigade, help coach and chaperon students from the unit’s adopted school, Manor Middle School, while the students bowled March 4 and 6 here.

The students took a brake form their typical Physical Education class to apply what they have learned in the gym to the bowling alley. The middle school students have been learning about the sport of bowling at the school and were brought to a local bowling alley to utilize the skills they have learned.

“It’s a great way to stay physically active. It’s a sport that all ages can do, anybody can do it,” said Tarsha Graves, head of the school’s Physical Education Department.

Students from sixth and seventh grades, 160 total, took turns bowling while the soldiers from the First Strike Battalion gave pointer on form and technique.

“It was fun and exciting,” said Spc. Tyler Ferguson, Multiple Launch Rocket System crew member, Battery A, 1st Bn., 21st FAR, 41st Fires Bde. “The kids had fun, and I had fun, everyone had fun.”

• Date Taken: 03.07.2013
• Date Posted: 04.18.2013 13:00
• Story ID: 105415
• Location: KILLEEN, TX, US
• Hometown: KILLEEN, TX, US