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Capt. Robert Baker, B Company commander, performs a fireman’s carry as part of the guerilla drills on this station for Resolute Day physical readiness training Feb. 27, at Miesau Ammo Depot.
The 212th Combat Support Hospital celebrated Resolute Day Feb. 27 with a challenging and creative physical readiness training session focused on Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness in support of the Army’s ready and resilient campaign plan.
Working as a team to achieve the highest cumulative points, Soldiers navigated through a total of five stations: caterpillar pushup, guerilla drill, Humvee push, sandbag relay and pull ups.
During the caterpillar pushup, the team formed a circle and had their feet on the next person’s shoulder. Each push up completed as a unit earned points. For the guerilla drill, the team did a set of lunges, shoulder rolls and fireman’s carry for 50 meters to score. For the Humvee challenge, the team scored one point for every Humvee pushed for a distance of 200 meters. The sandbag relay was next, where each 15-pound sandbag carried one lap around the track (roughly 320 meters) earned a point. At the pullup bars, for every three pullups, a team scored a point.
A platoon from 212th CSH Headquarters Detachment won the event with a score of 976 points followed by a platoon from B Company in second place with 833 points. The finale was a mystery event, which was later revealed as tug of war between officers and senior noncomissioned officers against the staff sergeants and below. B Company staff sergeants and below emerged as the tug of war champions.
Resolute Day is the last day of Hospital Readiness Week when all of its Soldiers, a great majority of whom are health care providers at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, train together. It is an excellent time for Soldiers to experience the tenets of the Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness firsthand, building resilience and enhancing performance through the five dimensions of strength: social, emotional, family, physical and spiritual.
Once every quarter, the CSH conducts a physical readiness training incorporating the principles of Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness. Under the guidance of 212th CSH Command Sgt. Maj. Michael Howard, events are conceptualized and executed through the unit’s master resiliency trainer and the unit ministry team.
In the past, the CSH participated in zumba as well as a battle-focused team obstacle course with resiliency pointers creatively injected in the physical readiness training.
The 160th Forward Surgical Team took the lead in planning, organizing and executing this quarter’s fun, innovative and challenging Resolute Day physical readiness training.
When asked how they came up with the idea, Maj. Gustavo Moreno, commander of the 160th, said the Comprehensive Soldier and Family Fitness calls for “applying the team concept in everyday activities and not only when there is a mission.”
“The relay course was a great opportunity for Soldiers to problem-solve and think critically as a team,” said Sgt. David Renfroe, one of the NCOs who conceptualized the event.
Pfc. Ian Harrison, a B Company medic who has been with the CSH since April 2014, said, “Today’s physical readiness training event was the best team building experience I’ve had since being with CSH.”
