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GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Under the sweltering Cuban sun, members of the 525th Military Police Battalion competed in the Pig Bowl Aug. 24.
Individual teams comprised of members of each of the battalion’s companies competed in a series of events including tug of war, dodgeball, corn hole and a guidon relay race to see who would take home the first-place prize.
The Pig Bowl is an MP tradition where units across the Army compete in a series of events designed to enrich the esprit de corps of the unit. The event got its name from the fact that, as police officers, MPs are sometimes referred to as "pigs."
“It’s just another opportunity to continue on traditions,” said Sgt. Maj. Michael Baker, 525th MP Battalion, command sergeant major.
After the events and morning progressed, the troops of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 525th MP Battalion, were declared the winners, taking home the trophy.
“They did great, it was a team-building event,” said Army Capt. Gregory Archbold, HHC commander. “Being in a unit like this we rotate people in and out so this was a good opportunity for them to have some friendly competition.”
Archbold said the tug of war was their best event because they were the strongest.
Even though there was plenty of good-hearted rivalry between the companies, the true nature of the Pig Bowl was just another way for the members of the 525th to come out and have a little fun outside work with friends and family.
“Sometimes it gets competitive but in the end, everybody works together in a friendly competition,” said Army Sgt. Norwell Navayra, a carpentry and masonry specialist assigned to HHC. “It brings the company together to know that we won something as a whole team, we actually earned it together”
Sometimes the 525th MP Battalion, invites the Navy and Coast Guard masters-at-arms to participate, but this was the first Pig Bowl involving only the battalion.
The 193rd MP Company, went home with second place while the 367th MP Company, won third.
| Date Taken: | 08.24.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 08.29.2013 16:05 |
| Story ID: | 112849 |
| Location: | NAVAL STATION GUANTANAMO BAY, CU |
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