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Story by 1st Lt. Brett Carter
Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 84th Engineer Battalion, 130th Eng. Brigade, 8th Theater Sustainment Command
SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, Hawaii — The 84th Engineer Battalion demonstrated its commitment to developing and motivating its troops by reinvigorating a unit-wide competition, this month, designed to instill its engineers with a drive to stay physically fit and up-to-date on their Soldier tasks.
The quarterly competition, called the “Never Daunted Endurance Challenge,” named after the unit’s motto, “Never Daunted,” involved extreme physicality mixed with simple Soldier tasks to develop and assess mental focus in stressful situations.
The victorious duo of this month’s Never Daunted Endurance Challenge was Sgt. Ian Ford and Spc. Drake Davis of the 561st Eng. Company. For their accomplishments, they were both awarded the Army Achievement Medal by Lt. Col. Eric Noe, the 84th Eng. Bn. commander.
Each team consisted of two Soldiers representing their company. They completed a combined 100 pull-ups, 200 air-squats, 200 sit-ups and 200 push-ups, followed by a 400 meter tire drag.
Next, they carried two five-gallon water cans for 200 meters, and then added a medical litter to the load for an additional 800 meters.
They ruck-ran to the finish line to face a mystery event.
September’s mystery event involved radio set-up and proper radio operation to contrast the physically demanding tasks previously performed. The mystery event attempts to throw the competitors off as they try to slow their heart rate and calm their nerves to accurately complete the challenge.
Ford and Drake completed all events in 58 minutes and 48 seconds — 13 minutes ahead of the second place team.
“The competition was tough, but my team was Never Daunted, and I think we worked well as a team to show what is possible when you put your mind and heart into it,” said Davis.
The challenge was first instituted in the battalion two years ago in Guam, and now thrives across the unit’s formations in Hawaii.
| Date Taken: | 09.05.2014 |
| Date Posted: | 09.29.2014 19:02 |
| Story ID: | 143684 |
| Location: | SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII, US |
| Hometown: | SCHOFIELD BARRACKS, HAWAII, US |
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