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Spc. Aaron Humpert carries Sgt. Hector Masso, both with the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, during a timed event Jan. 23 at Fort Hood, Texas. Humpert and Masso competed in the Hammer Challen...
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A Soldier with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division performs incline pushups as another Soldier holds his feet during the Hammer Challenge Jan. 23 at Fort Hood, Texas. Teams represented their plat...
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Capt. Ryan Rausch, commander of the Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, pulls a chain as his team tries to prevent him from sliding Jan. 23 at Fort Hood, Texas. The Hammer Challenge is a way for...
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Soldiers of the brigade operations platoon with Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division won the Hammer Challenge by pushing and motivating each other. The team completed all of the stations two minut...
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FORT HOOD, Texas - Headquarters and Headquarters Troop, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division held the Hammer Challenge Jan. 23 at Fort Hood, Texas.
Organized by members of the unit, the challenge is an event that combines various physical and mental obstacles, in which teams from across the unit compete.
"The Hammer Challenge is a way for the different shops to do something different and challenging that brings esprit de corps to the whole troop," said Spc. Joshua Billeci, a human resources clerk with HHT. "It gives Soldiers, including officers, an outlet to laugh and compete for something as just bragging rights and the joy of creating the next challenge."
The winning team from the month prior plans out the tasks and organizes the challenge for the rest of the troop. Billeci was a part of the winning team the month before, and he played a big role in putting the event together.
Some challenges included tire flipping, buddy carries, lunges with five gallon water cans and a chain pull.
"I look forward to every Hammer Challenge to see what's next or what challenges have my fellow brothers and sisters conjured up," he said. "It brings everyone together as a family and nothing builds more of a team than hard work. That's exactly what the Hammer Challenge does.
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