Leadership Obstacle Course and the end of the third week

As my week as squad leader drew to a close, my company went to the Leadership Obstacle Course (LRC). We also had our Ethics / Law of War / Leadership (including coaching, mentoring, and counseling) classes and exam. I won't talk much about that here because it's interesting to me but boring to most other people. The course was a blast, though.

I was rated for my leadership abilities on the course pictured below. My squad finished quickly and later half my squad formed a "super squad" and set the OCS record for time on this obstacle.

My squad wasn't rated here, but this obstacle was one I did in Basic. There was one other obstacle that also appeared first in my Basic course.

Ah-ha! Here it is:

I spent a lot of time transmitting instructions while "hanging out" in a precarious position. This is a photo of the next team. I didn't have my camera while hanging over water from a metal pipe. Oh, on all obstacles you are not allowed to touch red areas. That cement pillar in the foreground is about 10 feet out and only a third of the way through the obstacle puzzle. On a photography note, I should have fixed the framing.  Note the vertical lines and the frame lines. Pity.

This is what I call "Kohlmetz's Adventure" (or what I've called it for 10 seconds since writing this sentence) because nobody else ever made it even halfway through the puzzle.

OC Trevino guides the heavy steel beam...

Now what?

Alright, but I'll have to use my teeth!

This is splendid...

I think I have it! Quick! Scamper across! Don't mind me; I'm part of the bridge now.

At the cross portion of the obstacle below, a battle buddy was falling, holding on by one hand, and losing his glove. I bounded up, across, grabbed him by his uniform and heaved him back up to the horizontal bar. It was pretty dramatic, but the story has grown and someone just approached me and said, "Hey! I heard the story about your bionic super hero save of Spinali's life!"

This obstacle puzzle was time consuming. I think we delivered our "ammo" but ran out of time to get everyone across. The cadre said we did the best job he's seen on this obstacle.

When my group did this obstacle, we sacrificed our bodies as a bridge. Very noble, I know.

This bridge is stable, thanks to our belts. No really! I'm serious!