The final Wednesday of November and the
second last night of the fall for the Battalion guys was an eventful one,
filled with excitement and even a little bloodshed.
We started the night of
like normal with squad time; only this time we were given the task of
constructing the tallest free-standing tower from nothing but newspaper and
masking tape. Unfortunately the other squad’s towers did not stand up to Lance
Corporal Nathan’s squad’s cleverly constructed and skilfully designed structure
(thanks to project manager Mitchell).
After we moved on to the games portion of the evening; but this was no ordinary game. It was a new idea that maybe could use some work but was fun none the less. Mats were piled in the center of the gym with a basketball underneath, and the group was split into two sides of the gym and given a number each. A few numbers would be called out and the person who had been previously given that number was to run out and fight for the ball and bring it back to their side. Although it was more like a mad scramble/dog-pile that usually ended in no team’s possession; however Lance Corporal Nathan and Lance Corporal Josh thought otherwise. When their numbers were called (turns out they both had 11) they ran at each other, and not to put the blame on anyone but some would say Josh were to put his shoulder down and go head long into Nathan. Head long is right, because that is were exactly Josh’s shoulder ended up on Nathan, leaving him with a bloody mouth. Fortunately Nathan cleaned himself up and came back later in the game. The activity was a test of sorts, and luckily for some of us it wasn’t for marks.
Captain “Professor” Don had us write a battalion style test to survey our
knowledge of various events and people in battalion as well as get some feed
back of the fall.
Lieutenant Matt came next to end the night off with a counsel ring about our theme of obedience. Guest-star MVP baseball player Josh Hamilton talked to us digitally and shared his testimony. Even wealthy baseball players with everything going for them have struggles in their life.
We closed off with the Battalion watchword and just like that the night was over, but luckily many more nights are to come.
We started the night of
like normal with squad time; only this time we were given the task of
constructing the tallest free-standing tower from nothing but newspaper and
masking tape. Unfortunately the other squad’s towers did not stand up to Lance
Corporal Nathan’s squad’s cleverly constructed and skilfully designed structure
(thanks to project manager Mitchell). 
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| Josh, you can't win if you're still holding it. |
After we moved on to the games portion of the evening; but this was no ordinary game. It was a new idea that maybe could use some work but was fun none the less. Mats were piled in the center of the gym with a basketball underneath, and the group was split into two sides of the gym and given a number each. A few numbers would be called out and the person who had been previously given that number was to run out and fight for the ball and bring it back to their side. Although it was more like a mad scramble/dog-pile that usually ended in no team’s possession; however Lance Corporal Nathan and Lance Corporal Josh thought otherwise. When their numbers were called (turns out they both had 11) they ran at each other, and not to put the blame on anyone but some would say Josh were to put his shoulder down and go head long into Nathan. Head long is right, because that is were exactly Josh’s shoulder ended up on Nathan, leaving him with a bloody mouth. Fortunately Nathan cleaned himself up and came back later in the game. The activity was a test of sorts, and luckily for some of us it wasn’t for marks.
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| The winning tower! |
Lieutenant Matt came next to end the night off with a counsel ring about our theme of obedience. Guest-star MVP baseball player Josh Hamilton talked to us digitally and shared his testimony. Even wealthy baseball players with everything going for them have struggles in their life.
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| You don't have to like tattoos to like what it says |
We closed off with the Battalion watchword and just like that the night was over, but luckily many more nights are to come.
(Guest entry done by Corporal Justin)
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