WEBVTT 00:00.009 --> 00:01.898 My name is Patrick mccabe . I'm a 00:01.898 --> 00:05.389 private first class of the 3161 HHC . I 00:05.400 --> 00:07.622 wanted to try something that put me out 00:07.622 --> 00:09.844 of my comfort zone . Something that was 00:09.844 --> 00:11.900 going to challenge me physically and 00:11.900 --> 00:14.067 mentally . Well , beyond anything I've 00:14.067 --> 00:13.300 ever been challenged by before in my 00:13.310 --> 00:14.310 entire life . 00:26.620 --> 00:28.787 Do you want to point it at the table ? 00:29.569 --> 00:31.879 Come on the right outside . We gotta 00:31.889 --> 00:34.000 get the gun up so we can shoot them . 00:34.000 --> 00:36.000 Let's go low , low , get him back . 00:36.209 --> 00:38.750 Move to your right safety on the stress 00:38.759 --> 00:41.380 shoot was a lot of fun . Um , it wasn't 00:41.389 --> 00:44.720 as stressful as , as 1 may think , but 00:45.229 --> 00:47.930 it was most certainly thought provoking . 00:47.939 --> 00:51.150 Let's put it that way . You got this . 00:51.159 --> 00:54.400 Let's go . Let's go . Let's go . I'm 00:54.409 --> 00:57.110 looking for , uh , a motivation for 00:57.119 --> 00:59.230 myself . Daily motivation . I want to 00:59.230 --> 01:01.286 motivate myself to do work out every 01:01.286 --> 01:03.508 day . Focus on my soldiers skills ac FT 01:03.508 --> 01:05.730 shooting all the events . Actually , we 01:05.730 --> 01:07.786 have in the best world competition I 01:07.786 --> 01:09.952 want to put into practice like daily . 01:09.952 --> 01:11.952 So that's the main reason . And all 01:11.952 --> 01:11.555 soldiers from my unit , they don't 01:11.565 --> 01:13.565 really want to join or they are not 01:13.565 --> 01:15.676 motivated to join . So I also want to 01:15.676 --> 01:17.898 set up an example . You know , everyone 01:17.898 --> 01:20.121 can join this and you can focus on your 01:20.121 --> 01:22.176 social skills daily and come here to 01:22.176 --> 01:24.454 compete with other soldiers . Have fun . 01:35.699 --> 01:37.800 Come on , how are you ? You got it , 01:37.809 --> 01:39.865 you got it , got you . There we go . 01:41.849 --> 01:44.071 I'm gonna do the hard part . You can do 01:44.071 --> 01:46.127 it . If you guys feel free to open a 01:46.127 --> 01:49.440 window . All of you guys were uh out 01:49.449 --> 01:51.529 there and uh doing the thing today . 01:52.349 --> 01:54.540 It's warm in here . Not gonna lie . 02:08.240 --> 02:09.240 Yeah , 02:17.199 --> 02:19.421 Star Barnes before the president before 02:19.421 --> 02:22.610 as director , it was just a volunteer 02:22.619 --> 02:24.730 for the best four competition . A lot 02:24.730 --> 02:26.841 of the N CS in my company at Claymore 02:26.841 --> 02:28.559 company , one of the 161 had 02:28.570 --> 02:30.514 recommended me and a couple of the 02:30.514 --> 02:32.792 other friends I hang out with at drill , 02:32.792 --> 02:35.279 volunteer for it . So together , me and 02:35.289 --> 02:37.289 a couple of my friends , Star Kenny 02:37.289 --> 02:39.011 Barnes specialist Michael Clow 02:39.011 --> 02:41.122 specialist Ethan Buster and PFC James 02:41.122 --> 02:43.289 Swanson . All got together . We talked 02:43.289 --> 02:45.400 about how it could be cool to compete 02:45.400 --> 02:47.233 together and it is an individual 02:47.233 --> 02:48.845 competition . But doing that 02:48.845 --> 02:50.789 competition with some of your best 02:50.789 --> 02:52.900 friends makes it a lot less stressful 02:52.900 --> 02:55.067 and a lot easier . So we all discussed 02:55.067 --> 02:56.789 competing . A lot of NC Os had 02:56.789 --> 02:56.735 recommended that , that I looked up to 02:56.744 --> 02:58.855 and I chose to volunteer our training 02:58.855 --> 03:01.077 NCO Sergeant La Roux helped us fill out 03:01.077 --> 03:03.188 our packets and then the unit decided 03:03.188 --> 03:05.300 to send us , we found out and once we 03:05.300 --> 03:07.466 did that , we all just combined all of 03:07.466 --> 03:09.688 our efforts and tried to make sure that 03:09.688 --> 03:11.744 everyone would be successful . Hey , 03:11.744 --> 03:13.520 sorry . No . 03:25.809 --> 03:27.920 So the dead reckoning really actually 03:27.920 --> 03:30.031 helped as far as everything went with 03:30.039 --> 03:32.289 not having to rely on that compass 03:32.300 --> 03:34.300 alone . It wasn't a self correcting 03:34.300 --> 03:36.467 course either . So I did have a couple 03:36.467 --> 03:38.578 of moments where I was wondering if I 03:38.578 --> 03:40.744 was , in fact , at the right point , I 03:40.744 --> 03:40.220 actually did have one point where I 03:40.229 --> 03:42.229 must have walked around it for 20 03:42.240 --> 03:44.351 minutes until I found it just because 03:44.351 --> 03:46.296 it was so short . So I was , I was 03:46.296 --> 03:48.296 challenged by it , but I really did 03:48.296 --> 03:52.070 enjoy it . All the 03:52.080 --> 03:54.529 events were fantastic . Uh Ran by some 03:54.539 --> 03:56.595 of the best cadre around as far as I 03:56.595 --> 03:58.817 can tell . I mean , I'm pretty fresh to 03:58.817 --> 04:01.039 this . So going through each event , it 04:01.039 --> 04:03.150 was , it was pretty phenomenal seeing 04:03.150 --> 04:07.139 how each stacked up go the 04:07.300 --> 04:10.119 capital left by the T A who has not 04:10.130 --> 04:13.429 made it back to the sp will get a zero . 04:13.529 --> 04:15.418 This is the end of the land now . 04:19.989 --> 04:22.309 Come in . That's a lot . 04:23.980 --> 04:27.850 Hey , and the rock was , of course , 04:27.859 --> 04:30.239 um I think the most fun event for me . 04:30.250 --> 04:32.890 Uh Iii I like rocking in general . So I 04:32.899 --> 04:35.121 definitely felt going with the group of 04:35.121 --> 04:37.343 guys . I did , every single one of them 04:37.343 --> 04:39.399 was helping me letting me know after 04:39.399 --> 04:41.621 every event . Hey , I still have all my 04:41.621 --> 04:43.788 si going with a group of friends and a 04:43.788 --> 04:46.010 lot of brothers that I really trust and 04:46.010 --> 04:45.920 hope to go into combat with someday . 04:45.989 --> 04:48.156 It made all the difference . If anyone 04:48.156 --> 04:50.322 was hurt , you know , the other people 04:50.322 --> 04:53.869 are helping them all that don't take 04:53.910 --> 04:56.739 one and you're good 04:58.940 --> 05:02.670 blessing . 1 . 30 06 . Last name . 05:02.959 --> 05:05.019 Well , I am Second Lieutenant Peters 05:05.029 --> 05:07.750 and I am with Alpha Battery 2146 . I'd 05:07.760 --> 05:10.093 have to say it was a great success . It , 05:10.093 --> 05:12.316 so it sounds like the competitors had a 05:12.316 --> 05:14.371 lot of fun . Um That was the biggest 05:14.371 --> 05:14.070 takeaway I wanted to see is that they 05:14.079 --> 05:17.049 enjoyed their time . Um And also we 05:17.059 --> 05:19.239 were able to identify who our best 05:19.250 --> 05:23.140 warrior was coming into regionals . I'm , 05:23.149 --> 05:25.290 I'm really proud of myself that I 05:25.299 --> 05:27.299 pushed myself far enough that I was 05:27.299 --> 05:29.355 capable of winning . Uh Such a great 05:29.355 --> 05:31.132 competition with really amazing 05:31.132 --> 05:33.355 competitors from all over the state . I 05:33.355 --> 05:35.410 was really happy to participate with 05:35.410 --> 05:37.577 them did not really feel real at first 05:37.577 --> 05:39.688 at all . I myself , I've been working 05:39.688 --> 05:41.855 like crazy since I got in my unit . My 05:41.855 --> 05:41.299 unit's been recognizing that and 05:41.309 --> 05:43.531 encouraging it . The guys I went with I 05:43.531 --> 05:45.753 felt were my biggest support in my base 05:45.753 --> 05:47.865 petition . So I was just trying to do 05:47.865 --> 05:49.976 my best for every single event and it 05:49.976 --> 05:52.031 never actually occurred to me that I 05:52.031 --> 05:54.087 had a chance of winning it . Maybe I 05:54.087 --> 05:53.894 just counted myself out a little bit 05:53.904 --> 05:56.875 but the guys I were around and my peers 05:56.885 --> 05:59.052 and my friend group are just so far up 05:59.052 --> 06:01.274 there as well . But now my mind's going 06:01.274 --> 06:03.163 straight to regionals . I'm super 06:03.163 --> 06:04.996 excited to or represent Claymore 06:04.996 --> 06:07.052 Company and just Washington State in 06:07.052 --> 06:09.274 general for the regional competitions . 06:09.274 --> 06:08.665 I'm excited for regionals . Got a lot 06:08.674 --> 06:10.563 of planning to do a little bit of 06:10.563 --> 06:12.785 tweaking . We got to take care of , but 06:12.785 --> 06:13.095 it's going to be good .