For the last 15 months, the Resources & Sustainment Division has developed a bit of a tradition led by our commanding general, BG Anderson. Every Friday is “Old Geezer PT” – a 30 minute, three mile run done in six legs. The “old geezer” is the general himself, but what that doesn’t tell you is that he is probably the fastest man on the entire base. No one, young or old, can keep up with him. Old Geezer takes place around Lost Lake – a manmade lake that was previously the home to Uday and Qusay Hussein. The remnants of their dilapidated and crumbling villas remain a constant reminder of what a 500lb bomb can do when it rings the doorbell on your roof. The road around the lake use to be a favorite of the local snipers (which I guess would motivate one to run that much faster) but is now as safe as anywhere on base to run.
In honor of the last Old Geezer PT, some of the office really got into the "old Geezer" look. The bottle of O2 was my favorite prop. That's General Anderson in the middle.This being the last Old Geezer PT prior to the General’s departure for home and the end of his Iraq tour, the more established senses of humor went all out to make it memorable and five of the guys from the office got dressed up as geezers (keep in mind, no costume store at Camp Victory), somehow finagled a bottle of oxygen from the troop medical clinic, hiked-up their gym shorts and set up to watch the PT, with an occasional comment about their backs. One kept yelling, at everyone, tongue in cheek, to “get off the lawn.”
The General hams it up with the oxygen mask for the group photo.
4 comments:
Since the CG is leaving, does this mean you will finally get the respect you deserve?
With all that running you will finally be able to chase the coeds down on SC's campus!
The real question is: have you tasked him to find you a hammer once you've packed his gear and he realizes he put it in the wrong crate?
So did you bother running or just stand by and serve as the official photog?! Nicole
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