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at Fort Operating Base Wilson in

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Afghanistan . The toughest soldiers of

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101st Airborne Division's Second

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brigade combat team known as Strike

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went head to head in the Iron Trooper

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competition after signing up for the

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events and weighing in the soldiers

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competed in brackets based on gender

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and age . The soldiers weight

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determined how much iron they had to

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lift and the highest number of

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repetitions determined who walked away

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with the glory . One of the soldiers

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who competed in both the preacher curl

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and dead lift events says competitions

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like this keep him motivated during a

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regular deployment schedules .

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Without a regular Pt program like we

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had back in the rear can get out of

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shape pretty quick . So I definitely

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want to keep motivated and hit the gym

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as much you can while you're out

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deployment . Of course , people always

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like getting prizes for their hard work .

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The organizer of the event contacted

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several weightlifting supply companies

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who sent him free products for the

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winners of the competition . He hopes

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the annual event will continue to grow

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as a strike tradition . Yeah , I was

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excited . I mean , I was really ,

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really excited to see a lot more people

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get involved in this . Hopefully next

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one we have more , more events , more

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prizes , more exciting and more strike

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soldiers training to be next year's

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winners from Bob Wilson Afghanistan

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Specialists , Dylan , Townsville 16th

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and Pat . Yeah ,