Swamp Foxes dig deep during field meet

Photo By Staff Sgt. Benjamin McDonald | Marines compete in a pugil stick bout aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, May 5. Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron hosted a field meet to build unit cohesion and camaraderie through competition.The winners of field meet will compete against Expeditionary Fire Fighting and Rescue and the Provost Marshal’s Office for the H&HS Cup. The Marines are with H&HS, MCAS Beaufort.  

BEAUFORT, SC, UNITED STATES

05.05.2017

Story by Lance Cpl. Benjamin McDonald 

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

Marines with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron competed in a field meet aboard Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, May 5. The competition was held to foster unit cohesion, build camaraderie, and help Marines showcase their physical prowess.
H&HS units each picked their top Marines to compete in the field meet. The winning unit will compete against the Provost Marshals Office and Expeditionary Fire Fighting and Rescue for the H&HS Cup.
“Today’s field meet was comprised of seven events,” said Lt. Col Douglas A. Seich, the commanding officer of H&HS. “The purpose of these events was to push the Marines to their limits. This field meet served as a great way for the squadron to get together and have some friendly competition.”
The field meet began with the obstacle course. Five Marines from each section had to maneuver through the obstacle course one at a time and the first section to have all five Marines complete won the event. The obstacle course was followed by a pull-up challenge, obstacle relay race, the dizzy izzy, a quarter mile relay race, tug of war, and pugil sticks. The
dizzy izzy requires Marines to spin around a baseball bat with their forehead touching the bat and then run while they are still dizzy.
“The field meet was a lot of fun,” said Pfc. Matthew Rice, a administrative specialist with H&HS. “I got to participate in the obstacle course, pull-up challenge, and the tug of war. I have only been here for two weeks so this was a great way to meet the Marines in the squadron. I didn’t know how many sections made up H&HS and it was motivating to see the commanding officer, executive officer, and operations officer compete in the field meet too.”
After the field meet the squadron got together at Barracks P for a bash. The barracks bash gave the Marines of H&HS an opportunity to come together after the field meet, share a meal, and socialize as a squadron.
“The barracks bash gives Marines an opportunity to foster unit cohesion and meet the other Marines in H&HS,” said Sgt. Jacob Chase, a data network specialist and the manager for papa barracks. “Because of the operational tempo of the squadron, we don’t get to see each other a lot. The sections stick to themselves and never mingles with other sections. The barracks bash changes that and gives all the Marines of H&HS time to meet one another. That’s what today as a whole was all about, bringing the squadron together as the Swamp Fox family. “

• Date Taken: 05.05.2017
• Date Posted: 05.11.2017 14:06
• Story ID: 233495
• Location: BEAUFORT, SC, US