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Nothing like a fight to prepare for war

Jan-27-2010 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT

FORWARD OPERATING BASE WARHORSE, Iraq – Spc. Patrick Bowman leaned against a rolled-up wrestling mat, gasped for air and tasted the blood trickling from the cut on his bottom lip.

And yet, the Fort Lewis soldier insisted, taking blows to the face and returning the favor is the ideal way to spend an afternoon.

“There’s no feeling like punching and kicking someone – and getting kicked and punched,” said Bowman, a human intelligence collector with 3rd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division. “It gets that blood pumping. It gets that adrenaline flowing.”

Read full article at The News Tribune


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