August 2, 2022/AO – The Colosseum/Temperature: Muggy 79 Degrees
Pax:. Betamax, Black Lung, Vanilla Ice, Chariot (Hate!), Redacted, Flanders, Tin Cup, Samples (RESPECT), Repo, Folsom, Baby Shark, Danza, Safe Ride.
Q: Safe Ride
Safe Ride promptly welcomed the PAX to F3 Omaha at 5:30. The Mission Statement, Disclaimer, and 5 Core Principles were given. The men then entered The Colosseum.
WARM-A-RAMA
The PAX moseyed from the shovel flags, around the track and to midfield of the football field for warm-a-rama. Once at the location, the following exercises were performed:
- SSH x 20 IC
- Chinooks x 10 IC forwards then backwards
- Sun Gods x 10 IC forwards then backwards
- Randys x 15 IC
- Mountain Climbers x 20 IC
THE THANG
Back to the Basics. Exercises and running. The PAX was instructed to perform the following:
- 10 Burpees
- 20 Bonnie Blairs
- 30 Merkins
- 40 Big Boys
- 50 Squats
- Run 1 lap (400 meters)
Rinse and freaking repeat. OMAHA finally called at 6:08am.
MUMBLECHATTER
Minimal at best. Lots of complaints from Samples and Folsom though.
MOM:
American Hammers
COT:
Dwight D. Eisenhower once said: “Plans are worthless, but planning is everything”.
During a speech in November 1957 Eisenhower employed the saying again. He told an anecdote about the maps used during U.S. military training. Maps of the Alsace-Lorraine area of Europe were used during instruction before World War I, but educational reformers decided that the location was not relevant to American forces. So the maps were switched to a new location within the U.S. for planning exercises. A few years later the military was deployed and fighting in the Alsace-Lorraine.
I tell this story to illustrate the truth of the statement I heard long ago in the Army: Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. There is a very great distinction because when you are planning for an emergency you must start with this one thing: the very definition of “emergency” is that it is unexpected, therefore it is not going to happen the way you are planning.
The details of a plan which was designed years in advance are often incorrect, but the planning process demands the thorough exploration of options and contingences. The knowledge gained during this probing is crucial to the selection of appropriate actions as future events unfold.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRAYERS:
- Shovel Flag pass at Oscar Mike on Saturday
- Freed to Bleed Blood Drive
- Prayers to Tin Cup as his 2.0 starts driver’s ed!
- First Friday Lunch at Oscar’s
Flanders took us out in prayer.
Much love!
Safe Ride
