Personal Experience In A Military Team

It is hard to find a specific situation where I have not been part of a team for the last 12 years. Being in the military is all about teamwork. You depend on the person on your left and right sometimes for your very life. The instance I want to expound upon is something we call organizational days. They premise is that on a certain day each year every company in the battalion play each other in various sporting events. The goal is to win enough events to be crowned champions and taking home the trophy and of course the bragging rights. To give some back story to this special day, I was the company commander of a headquarter unit. Basically I had all the battalion staff and higher ranking individuals in my company. The bad thing about having this unit concerning sports is that they are well, a bit older and fewer in number then the rest of the companies that had mostly 20 year olds. My company did have a reputation for being very physically fit despite the age variation. So despite that we were up for the challenge. The sports events were broken down into three events brackets: tug-of-war, flag football, and volleyball.
I started the day with dressing up in a spartan costume and riding in on a red Jeep with music blaring and flags waving right in front of the entire battalion formation. It was fun and I think it both inspired my company and intimidated my competition. I not a huge guy by any standards and not especially gifted at sports but I am quick and strong for my size so played in both the tug-of-war and flag football. I contributed where I could physically but always keep the troops rallied. The chips were stacked against us from the beginning but we never lost our motivation. At the end of the day we had won each sports bracket and won the trophy in a clean sweep. I was very proud of my company and it will go down as one of the most fun days I have spent with my