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Marines call out squadrons after PT
Story and photos by off against a group of Marines from other while still having a good time.” the current
Airman 1st Class the 6th Engineer Support Battalion The challenge included pushups, even numbe
RIDGE SHAN in a series of physical challenges. The contestants
challenges were designed to imitate sit-ups and a one-lap relay race on
56th Fighter Wing Public Affairs the various PT tests of the different the base track. “We did w
branches. sit-ups, but t
The Luke Air Force Base Bryant Fit- “I chose to structure the challenge during the r
ness Center hosted the first squadron “It was a good, fun morale-booster, based on the Air Force fitness assess- said. “I thin
physical test challenge Feb. 5 where which we hope will kick-off into ment, because the Marines didn’t other squad
Luke Thunderbolts faced off against a base-wide event,” said Shawn know what it was,” said Sherri Bir- beat these g
a team of Marines. Barkhaus, 56th Force Support Squad- inger, 56th FSS fitness center fitness
ron fitness center maintenance team specialist supervisor. Biringer h
Staff members, maintainers and member. “The challenge brings out the squadrons w
regularly visiting Airmen from the competitive nature in all of the con- Although the Marines came out on take up the
Bryant Fitness Center formed the testants and allows us to push each top and won the challenge, the Air progresses t
core of the Air Force team which faced Force team fought to a close finish and fittest at Lu
is confident their successors may best
Jemia Fournier, Luke Air Force Base Bryant Fitness Center sports specialist, closes the last few feet of her lap before tapping-in her sprinting partner, Shawn Barkhaus, fitness cen
Feb. 5 at Luke Air Force Base. The Marine Corps 6th Engineer Support Battalion answered the fitness center’s call for a first challenger and edged out a victory.
