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CAMP CASEY, South Korea – The referee blows his whistle to start the game and the crowd begins to cheer. A player grabs the ball, dribbling down the court and scores igniting the fans even more.
The basketball team for Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 210th Field Artillery Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, competed in the 2013-2014 United States Army Garrison-Casey Enclave Unit Level Basketball Championship, and won second place Feb. 4-6, 2014, at Hanson Field House at Camp Casey, South Korea.
They normally practice once or twice a week and focus on defense, man-to-man coverage, and keeping pressure on the opposing team.
“We practice as much as possible together,” said Sgt. 1st Class Floyd Jordan, from Burlington City, N.J., and a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear noncommissioned officer in charge for 210th FA Brigade, 2nd ID.
During practices and games, they learn that everything they do affects the player next to them. They learn each other’s personalities and highlighted everyone’s strengths making it easier to create a bond.
“We have known each other for six months, but it seems like we have known each other for a lifetime,” said Pfc. Marcus Dantzler, from Columbia, S.C., and a unit supply specialist assigned to HHB, 210th FA Brigade. “Being on a team brings us together, creating a stronger bond so that we don’t let each other fall. It’s like growing up together.”
Representing their unit during a tournament not only brings the teammates together, but also creates and strengthens friendships with other soldiers in the unit.
“Having a team allows other soldiers in our battery to come out and support us, which brings us closer as a whole and a family,” said Dantzler.
Working together as a sports team develops soldiers to be more professional as a soldier, said Jordan.
“Most of the players playing on the team are junior enlisted soldiers, they get exposure to the leadership aspect,” Jordan added. “While they play, they get a mindset that this is what needs to happen, this is when it needs to happen, and we are going to make it happen.”
They practice readiness to accomplish missions and resolutions. Their long-term goal is for the team to win the Area I Tournament, which will be held at Camp Stanley in the near future.
| Date Taken: | 02.27.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 02.26.2014 21:37 |
| Story ID: | 121216 |
| Location: | CAMP CASEY, KR |
| Hometown: | BURLINGTON, NJ, US |
| Hometown: | CLEVELAND, OH, US |
| Hometown: | COLUMBIA, SC, US |
| Hometown: | LEXINGTON PARK, MD, US |
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