Story by Airman 1st Class Daniella Pena-Pavao | 33rd Fighter Wing | 04.18.2018
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Ashley Bethel, 33rd Maintenance Squadron Command Support Staff noncommissioned officer in charge, strength trains on a daily basis.
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Story by Sgt. Brandon Welsh | 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) | 06.03.2017
Soldiers from 4th Battalion 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) volunteered at the Special Olympics during the power lifting portion on Saturday at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. Their mission during the event was to spot the athletes with the heavy weight and get the weight set on the bar for the next athlete to either bench, squat, or deadlift. When first walking into the event and seeing the......
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Hurd | Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling | 04.15.2016
It’s noon on a Saturday, Air Force Staff Sgt. April Spilde sits in the gym at Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in Washington D.C. during a local powerlifting competition. She chalks up her hands as she waits for her chance to lift....
Story by Airman Ashley Williams | 121st Air Refueling Wing | 05.26.2015
Lt. Col. Don Braskett, a pilot with the 166th Air Refueling Squadron, Rickenbacker Air National Guard Base, Ohio, began his military career 28 years ago in October 1986 as a crew chief with the 160th Air Refueling Group....
Story by Lance Cpl. Medina Ayala-Lo | Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center | 04.01.2015
Gordon has participated in various sports since the age of 12. She attributes her involvement in sports to setting her up for the Marine Corps....
Story by Senior Airman Matthew Lotz | 31st Fighter Wing | 01.09.2015
"I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me," she whispers as she approaches a bench. "I'm nothing without you, but I'm everything with you." She takes two deep breaths, lies on the bench, clings her chalked hands to the bar carrying six steel plates and waits for the judge's instructions....
Courtesy Story | 88th Air Base Wing | 11.15.2014
Eight military power lifters from around the area descended on Wright Field Fitness Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, for a powerlifting competition, Nov. 15....
Courtesy Story | Defense Media Activity - Proper | 09.15.2014
A retired Air Force staff sergeant took silver in the heavyweight power-lifting category here Sept. 14 in the final day of competition at the first-ever Invictus Games....
