WATCH: Marines challenge Olympic runner to combined CFT and PFT
Nick Symmonds is a two-time Olympian who specialized in the 800 and 1500 meters distances, which are middle-distance track competitions. He is an Eagle Scout and ran track in a…
This WWI Navy vet stole the 1920 Olympic flag
Haig Prieste was born in 1896 in Fresno, California. His parents were Armenian immigrants who gave up their original surname of Keshishian. Prieste changed his birth name, a traditional Armenian…
Israeli wrestlers were the heroes of the 1972 Munich Massacre
There’s not much good that came from the hostage crisis that struck the 1972 Munich Olympics. By the end of the standoff, 11 Israeli hostages were dead, along with 5…
How George Patton became the Army’s Master of Swords
We’ve all heard of General George S. Patton. Maybe you’ve seen the movie. Maybe you did a report on him in school. Maybe you even have a grandfather who served…
Robert Carmody fought for his country in the boxing ring and on the battlefield
Over 58,000 Americans went to war in Vietnam, never to return to their native soil. Upon arrival in Vietnam, service members found themselves in a dangerous and violent conflict that…
This trailblazing Asian American Olympian was also an Army doctor
Samuel “Sammy” Lee was born in Fresno, California in 1920. His parents were of Korean descent and owned a chop suey restaurant and market. When the 1932 Olympics came to…
The Army’s very own Sagen Maddalena is headed to Tokyo for the women’s 3×40 event
“It’s a sport of millimeters,” said Specialist Sagen Maddalena of her upcoming Olympic debut. The seasoned shooter is slated to compete in the women’s 3×40 rifle event – three positions,…
Army soldier Phillip Jungman is headed to the Olympics for skeet
This July, the Army’s Marksmanship Unit skeet shooter, Sgt. Phillip Jungman, will compete in the Tokyo Olympic Games. It’s been a year’s worth of delays, however, after the event was…
This American Olympic gold medalist also fought in the Battle of Britain
William Meade Lindsley Fiske III was born in Chicago in 1911. The son of a wealthy New England banker, Fiske attended school in Chicago before moving to France in 1924. It was there that he developed his love of winter sports; especially bobsled.
5 competitions you can do while on active duty
When picturing a member of the armed forces, a fit person often comes to mind, and with good reason. Fitness is an essential part of being in the military. An…