Field Day!

Field Day was today, and it has been 16 days since I-Day! Sixteen days since we dropped Graham off.

Class of 2022 motto is "Strength and Sacrifice". And today was a showcase for just that. As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog, Field Day is the culminating event for BCT 1 otherwise known as Beast 1. The eight Squadrons compete against one another during field day in order to earn the title of “BCT 1 Field Day Champions”.  

Graham is in the Hellcats squadron, and their color is yellow. 

All eight USAFA BCT Squadrons march toward the Parade Field for the start of Field Day

Graham can be seen second from the back in the row closest to you

The squads compete in 8 events: Distance Run, Dodgeball, Steeple Chase, Warrior Relay, Log Relay, Sprint Relay, and both Male and Female Tug of War.

They get to show what true teamwork is while competing hard against other squadrons. Instilling within themselves the Warrior Ethos brought out by physical competition and the will to win in the pursuit of excellence.

Here are the event winners:

DISTANCE RUN: Aggressors

DODGEBALL: Barbarians (Hellcats took 4^th)

STEEPLE CHASE: Hellcats!

WARRIOR RELAY: Fly Tigers (Hellcats took 5^th)

LOG RELAY: Flying Tigers 

SPRINT RELAY: Flying Tigers (Hellcats took 3^rd)

FEMALE TUG OF WAR: Flying Tigers 

MALE TUG OF WAR: Cobras (Hellcats took 2^nd)

OVERALL WINNER was FLYING TIGERS, and the Hellcats took fourth.

I wasn’t able to find any photos of Graham in action, after reviewing just under 4500 posted photos from the USAFA WebGuy team, but I’m guessing he participated in one of the relay events as I found of a photo of him stretching just prior to.

Stretching ahead of the Team Sprint Relay?

After the Closing Ceremonies, the Basics marched back up to their dorms, cleaned up, and headed to Noon Meal Formation for lunch.

All done, marching back to the dorms and lunch. 

To see even more photos of Graham, visit our Flickr page. To see additional, excellent and high-quality photos of Field Day, visit the official USAFA Flickrpage.