Memorial Body Armor Workouts

I started the Body Armor Memorial workout series at LAAFB in 2017, recurring quarterly, as a way to bring the community together, raise funds for veteran focused non-profits, and to honor those that made the ultimate sacrifice to protect the freedoms we cherish every single day. The workouts are supposed to be a  gut-check, and they are supposed to suck, but the efforts and sacrifice you will make over the course of each one pales in comparison to what some of our finest brothers and sisters endured on the battlefield. This opens up perspective, which is the most powerful tool to stay motivated no matter what the challenge in front of you.

Combat Controller TSgt John Chapman received the Medal Of Honor posthumously in 2018 for his actions in the 2002 battle of Robert Ridge in Afghanistan. Citation

Chapman

Run 1/2 mile w/ sandbag (SB)
34 SB getups + 1x forward 20yd SB drag (video)
34 SB 2-count Iron Mikes + 1x backward 20yd SB drag  (video)
34 8-count Mountain Climbers/SB lat drag + 1x 20yd fwd SB drag (video)
34 SB overhead press burpees + 1x backward 20yd SB drag                        
34 pushups
Run 1/2 mile w/ sandbag

Navy Seal MA2 Michael Monsoor was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for jumping on a combatant grenade to save two teammates in Iraq, 2006 . .Citation

Monsoor

Run 1 mile
50 eight count body builders (video)
5 15yd sandbag drags forward (video)
Run ½ mile
150 push-ups
100 (4-count) flutter kicks
150 Squats
Run ½ mile
50 2-count Iron Mikes w/ sandbag (video)
5 15yd sandbag drags backward (video)
Run 1 mile

Navy Seal AO2 Marc Lee was posthumously awarded the silver star, bronze star with Valor, and the purple heart after becoming the first SEAL to perish in Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2006.

Lee

Run 1 mile
10 15yd sandbag drags - forward
100 Burpees
200 Pushups
300 Air Squats
10 15yd sandbag drags - backward
Run 1 mile

Navy Seal SO2 Ryan Job, recipient of the Bronze Star with Valor, was blinded after getting shot in the face by a sniper in Iraq in 2006. Though totally blind, he summitted Mount Rainier in 2008 and earned a 4.0GPA on his way to completing a degree in Business Administration in 2009. He passed away in late 2009 from complications after yet another surgery to repair the damage to his face, just a few months before the birth of his first child

Job

Run 1 mile
100 kick-outs (2 count)
100 Burpees
Run 1/2 mile
200 Pushups
200 air squats
Run 1/2 mile
100 around the world planks
100 kick-ups (2 count)
Run 1 mile

Navy SEAL PO2 Matt Axelson perished in Afghanistan in 2006 during Operation Red Wings and was awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart.

Axelson

With a partner:
Run 1 mile
10x 40yd Fireman carries (or pack-strap carries) each person
300 Pushups
1000 Flutter kicks (single count)
10x 40yd cradle drop carries each person
Run 1 mile

Navy SEAL PO2 Danny Dietz perished in Afghanistan in 2006 during Operation Red Wings, and was awarded the Navy Cross and Purple Heart.

Dietz

Modified Murph:
Run 1 Mile
10x 40yd bear crawls
200 Pushups
300 Squats
10x 40yd bear crawls
Run 1 Mile