Story by Capt. Cody Stagner | Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs Office | 09.29.2025
Two Kentucky Army National Guard Soldiers, Col. Eddie Simpson and 1st Lt. Erik Thomas, competed in the 2025 World CrossFit Games Finals in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 21–24, showcasing peak fitness and championing the Army’s Holistic Health and Fitness program to improve Soldier readiness and lethality....
Story by Capt. Cody Stagner | Kentucky National Guard Public Affairs Office | 05.21.2025
U.S. Army Col. Eddie Simpson and 1st Lt. Erik Thomas, both members of the Kentucky Army National Guard, qualified for the 2025 CrossFit Games. Competing in August in Columbus, Ohio, they credit their success to years of dedication and the Army’s Holistic Health and Fitness (H2F) program....
Story by Senior Airman Ryan Hayman | United States Air Forces Central | 06.25.2024
"Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that upon other fields on other days will bear the fruits of victory," said Gen. Douglas MacArthur....
Story by Airman 1st Class Quatasia Carter | Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson | 11.02.2023
Members from the 673d Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal take on annual workout in remembrance of fallen EOD warriors....
Story by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle | 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard | 04.07.2023
Staff Sgt. Caley Arndt, a services specialist for the 167th Force Support Squadron, competed in CrossFit Quaterfinals.
Story by Capt. Floice Kemp | 416th Theater Engineer Command | 02.12.2022
Camp Buehring, Kuwait (Feb. 12, 2022) – It started with an idea to test the fitness of Soldiers in a team competition, then it spread like wildfire. Bringing the heat were Spc. William Griffin, Sgt. Emma Harvang, and Maj. Meghan Goff, as they sparked the idea and took it to classes at the CrossFit Spartan Shield gym at Camp Buehring and then beyond that box. The proposition evolved into a......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Marketing and Engagement Brigade | 02.08.2022
Miami, Fla. - Army Warrior Fitness Team Soldiers scored personal bests, punctuated by a first-place finish in the Men’s Masters 40-44 category by Col. Tony Kurz, at this year’s 2022 Wodapalooza Competition in Miami Florida while providing information about the Army to a community of remarkably fit Americans. Standing in Miami’s Bayfront Park near a Wodapalooza stage with the Army’s......
Story by Staff Sgt. Douglas Lorance | 51st Fighter Wing | 04.09.2021
Every year, the CrossFit organization hosts the CrossFit Games, a competition season of scored workouts open to all challengers across the world. Lt. Col. David Lycan, 51st Security Forces Squadron commander, Staff Sgt. Cole Gastel, 51st Civil Engineer Squadron fire crew chief, and Amber Zebka, Team Osan spouse, all lifted, crunched and rope climbed their way into the top ten percent of all......
