351st Military Police Company » 2nd Platoon

July 4th (on the 3rd) Independance Day Party

SGT Batavia — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:28:49 +0000

The Soldiers of the 351st held a Desert Warrior competition along with a cookout to celebrate Independence Day. The festivities in the DW challenge were:

Humvee Push
Water Balloon Fight
Tug of War

Final Team Challenge:
Dizzy Bat
Sand Bag Fill
Duffel Bag Hop
Patch Placement in the Cold Pool
Target Shooting with Water Gun
and… The Hot Dog Eating Contest

Second Platoon placed a close second to The 1st Platoon ‘Rattlers’, good job Rattlers, you did a great job pulling ahead at the end with eating those wieners! The night was fun along with a few people getting thrown in the small blowup pool. One unlucky individual was SFC Meskimen who retaliated with a coordinated silly string ambush on 1st Platoon.

The food was provided by our beloved *wonderful* chow hall shoe leather hamburgers along with hot dogs and what some call steak, …yeah whatever helps you eat it. Below are some highlights of the night:

Keeping Cool in The July Heat

SGT Batavia — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:52:42 +0000

Several Soldiers found a way to keep cool in this May – July heat that averages 110 degrees daily. It feels sort of like you are standing in front of an oven and you can feel the heat blasting you, that is about how it feels here in Mosul during the summer. Florida has nothing on this place, it is crazy hot here. Pictured below are two soldiers enjoying a time out in the wet pool.

Soldiers Swimming in a Pool

Soldiers in a Pool

“Juice” even decided to do some water PT:

Juice Swimming

Juice Doing Flutter Kicks

Juice Doing Pushups

Breakin’ Free

SGT Batavia — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:34:27 +0000

According to Science Museum you can’t reach anywhere from the USA, but here we are in Mosul, trying to get back home any way we can. Our first effort is to dig our way, sure we will need a place to stash all this rock and sand, but those are just the small details. Anyone have grid coordinates through the earth?

5 Kilometer Run

SGT Batavia — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:08:02 +0000

Today the Deuce Deuce along with a few others from each platoon participated in what sometimes seamed like an endless run, although they tell us it was only 5 kilometers. It was a bright and early morning with a wake up at 0415 and race start time of 0500. It took the DD about 36 minutes for all of us to cross the finish line. We started as a squad and finished as a squad, no one was left behind.

5K Runners

June Volleyball Tournament

SGT Batavia — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:01:27 +0000

The Deuce Deuce didn’t win this one, but did place a close second to 3rd Platoon. Here are some images to recap the night last month during the June Volleyball Tournament.

Another Day Another Dodge Ball Championship

SGT Batavia — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:24:41 +0000

Around the 351st it is no secret that Second Platoon, Second Squad is the best team in every sporting event. Now this is not my opinion it’s cold hard fact backed up by championship after championship. Egos flared and tempers roared as team after team was defeated. Pictured below is “Nobody’s Friend” holding yet another championship trophy from the recent Dodge Ball Tournament. This marks the third championship they have won. It was the largest turnout since the tournaments began at FOB Marez stated the announcer of the tournament. There were 27 teams in all, and with SSG Scott Snyder as the team lead and coach there was no stopping the Deuce Deuce.