WEBVTT

00:13.540 --> 00:15.373
Missouri National Guard Citizens

00:15.373 --> 00:17.596
soldiers and Airmen joined thousands of

00:17.596 --> 00:19.762
other service members and civilians at

00:19.762 --> 00:21.984
White Sands missile range in New Mexico

00:21.984 --> 00:23.873
on March 27th for the 22nd Annual

00:23.873 --> 00:25.540
Bataan Memorial Death March ,

00:25.540 --> 00:27.540
considered by many to be one of the

00:27.540 --> 00:29.707
toughest marathon length events in the

00:29.707 --> 00:31.707
nation , competitors fought through

00:31.707 --> 00:33.873
blisters , sore muscles and exhaustion

00:33.873 --> 00:33.080
to honor those who were part of the

00:33.080 --> 00:35.413
Bataan Death March during World War Two .

00:35.413 --> 00:37.524
Despite the challenges , the Missouri

00:37.524 --> 00:39.580
National Guard men's Heavy and co ed

00:39.580 --> 00:41.413
teams took second place in their

00:41.413 --> 00:43.469
respective categories . Captain Ryan

00:43.469 --> 00:45.691
Jennings , the men's light team captain

00:45.691 --> 00:47.747
says the environment was brutal . It

00:47.747 --> 00:49.802
was incredibly windy out . There was

00:49.802 --> 00:51.913
some adverse conditions , you'd say a

00:51.913 --> 00:54.340
lot of dust in your face . I'd say the

00:54.340 --> 00:57.460
wind was gusting at 34 mph in spots ,

00:57.460 --> 00:59.682
so it helped you when you're going with

00:59.682 --> 01:01.849
it . The Missouri National Guard Men's

01:01.849 --> 01:03.960
Light team took home the top honors ,

01:03.960 --> 01:05.904
finishing first among all National

01:05.904 --> 01:07.682
Guard teams , Reporting for the

01:07.682 --> 01:09.849
Missouri National Guard Public Affairs

01:09.849 --> 01:12.016
Office . I'm specialist Adam Winters .

01:12.240 --> 01:13.750
Mhm . Mhm