FONC H2H Training Announcement

Attention! FONC H2H is scheduled for 16Jun13-23Jun13 this year. Get the word out to your fellow cadets! Get ready for a week of this:

Call Instructor Jeff Carroll at 704-905-2276 with any questions you may have.

"Subduing the enemy with your bare hands."

FONC2012 Sunday Graduation

Here is a video montage of our last day at FONC 2012.  Be sure to watch to the end.

Officer's Report - 120624

Today is the last day of FONC H2H 2012. We began the day at 0700 by waking the guys up and getting them going on straightening out the facility. At 0815 I conducted Sunday morning devotions for any interested cadets. We looked a number of sports analogies from the Bible (running, boxing; wrestling) and discussed how these passages apply to us today in our everyday lives.

After devotions we headed over to the Golden Corral for some chow. I'm pretty sure most of the guys threw the zone diet out of the window there.

At 1030 we headed back to the training center, cleaned up and got things ready for graduation. The ceremony went very smoothly, with many parents and guests attending:

 

After the ceremony, the guys did a final cleanup and FONC H2H 2012 came to a close at 1400.

Thanks to everyone for coming out. Thanks for the opportunity to work with these young men.

Officer's Report - 120623

We woke the guys up at 0615 this morning for a surprise CrossFit workout. The cadets had 15 minutes to get their gear together before heading over to the CrossFit Charlotte location. Once we arrived, the cadets were given a surprise workout consisting of a 200m prowler push (a prowler is a metal sled carrying weights, deisgned to be pushed across an asphalt parking lot), an 8-foot wall climb, box jumps, sit ups, 25-pound ground-to-overhead lifts, pull ups, weighted hill runs with a sandbag. We grouped the guys together in teams of two for this workout. Here they are in action:

After CrossFit, we headed back to the training center where the cadets ate breakfast and got ready for their first grappling session of the day with Shinjiro Sasaki, a world-class judo competitor and instructor:

After this session, we ate lunch and assisted our hosts - the folks from the judo club - in breaking down their martial arts camp at a nearby facility. The guys got 4 hours of community service for doing this. We ate dinner (a treat - pizza & ice cream), straightened out the facility, and watched the movie Rudy before lights out at 2400. 


Tomorrow's graduation - a big day. Stay tuned for our next report.

Life Lesson - 120623

I watched the movie Rudy with the guys tonight. This is a tradition the last night of our training. The bottom line: Being the best football player, boxer, wrestler, or judo player does not define success. Instead, making the most of what God has given you is what makes one successful.

I've seen this movie 5 or 6 times - I cried every time. And I'm pretty sure I wasn't the only one watching it tonight that shed a tear.

I am very, very proud of each and every Sea Cadet that toiled through this training. It was grueling. It was challenging. It was an honor working with them. And it is my hope - indeed my prayer - that each and every young man that I worked with this week experiences success in life - real success - by making the most of his God-given talents.

FONC2012 Michael Brown

the cadets had a few minutes yesterday with Michael Brown.  Mr. Brown is an expert in Jeet Kun Do, the martial art founded by Bruce Lee

FONC2012 Saturday AM Crossfit

The cadets were rousted out of their bags at 0630 this morning - see previous post.

This is the workout they did at Crossfit Charlotte.  They were all tired and grouchy but stepped up and did a great job.  Hooya Cadets!