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Recon is at the top of the class when it comes to physical fitness
By: Steve Humeniuk
Issue date: 11/5/08 Section: News
The test is evaluated on a 300-point scale, with a score of 285 or higher considered exemplary.
"Half of us are running a perfect score," Lane said. "By the end of the semester, we will all be over 290."
The members of Recon take pride in their physical prowess.
"It's been difficult, but it's been good because it's made me a stronger person," Recon Company 1st Sgt. Daniel Joseph Allen, a junior general studies major, said. "I take pride in being here in an outfit that most students can't do, or they think they can't do it."
Recon finds time to enter various competitions across the country to test physical stamina against the likes of prestigious Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps schools such as the Naval Academy.
"We blow people away with our physical abilities," Lane said. "Competition proves what we can do."
In the spring 2006 the company entered A&M's SEAL Platoon's Commando Endurance Skills Competition and secured a first place finish. The same day, the company loaded into minivans and made the trek to White Sands, N.M.
The following day, the company competed in the Bataan Death March, a 26.2 mile marathon event made especially difficult by the 50-pound rucksacks members had to carry on their backs through treacherous terrain.
The weekend ended with two first place finishes.
Allen said he attributes Recon's success to motivating already motivated people.
When they are not training or competing, Recon engages in the more sophisticated aspects of reconnaissance, including several field-training exercises that incorporate squad tactics such as water survival, weapons handling, day and night land navigation, six-man fire team tactics and observation exercises.
Recon is a separate entity from the Corps of Cadets, and membership is open at the beginning of each semester to any student interested.
"Recon is for anyone who wants to push themselves, compete and win," Litvin said.
"Half of us are running a perfect score," Lane said. "By the end of the semester, we will all be over 290."
The members of Recon take pride in their physical prowess.
"It's been difficult, but it's been good because it's made me a stronger person," Recon Company 1st Sgt. Daniel Joseph Allen, a junior general studies major, said. "I take pride in being here in an outfit that most students can't do, or they think they can't do it."
Recon finds time to enter various competitions across the country to test physical stamina against the likes of prestigious Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps schools such as the Naval Academy.
"We blow people away with our physical abilities," Lane said. "Competition proves what we can do."
In the spring 2006 the company entered A&M's SEAL Platoon's Commando Endurance Skills Competition and secured a first place finish. The same day, the company loaded into minivans and made the trek to White Sands, N.M.
The following day, the company competed in the Bataan Death March, a 26.2 mile marathon event made especially difficult by the 50-pound rucksacks members had to carry on their backs through treacherous terrain.
The weekend ended with two first place finishes.
Allen said he attributes Recon's success to motivating already motivated people.
When they are not training or competing, Recon engages in the more sophisticated aspects of reconnaissance, including several field-training exercises that incorporate squad tactics such as water survival, weapons handling, day and night land navigation, six-man fire team tactics and observation exercises.
Recon is a separate entity from the Corps of Cadets, and membership is open at the beginning of each semester to any student interested.
"Recon is for anyone who wants to push themselves, compete and win," Litvin said.
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