Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Oakes, 1st of the 130th Attack Recon Battalion, native of Graham, N.C., talks to Mike Morris after finishing first in the lightweight class during the bench press contest. Oakes, weighing in at 155 pounds, won with a finishing lift of 265 pounds.
Cpl. Brian Fleming, of Orlando, Fla., 810th Military Police Company, finished first in the heavy weight class in the bench press contest, at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Dec. 12. Fleming, weighing 225 lbs, won with a final lift of 365 pounds. The event was hosted by former Minnesota Vikings football player turned radio host, Mike Morris, as he visited COB Basra to connect with deployed Soldiers from the 34th Infantry Division, based out of Rosemount, Minn.(U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Samuel Soza)
Cpl. Brian Fleming, of Orlando, Fla., 810th Military Police Company, touches the bar to his chest before completing the repetition that lifted him to the next round of the bench press contest at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Dec. 12. Fleming, weighing 225 pounds, finished first in the heavy weight class with a final lift of 365 pounds. The event was hosted by former Minnesota Vikings football player turned radio host, Mike Morris, as he visited COB Basra to connect with deployed Soldiers from the 34th Infantry Division, based out of Rosemount, Minn.(U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Samuel Soza)
Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Oakes, 1st of the 130th Attack Recon Battalion, native of Grahm, N.C., prepares to take his turn in the bench press contest at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Dec. 13. The event was hosted by former Minnesota Vikings football player turned radio host, Mike Morris, as he visited COB Basra to connect with deployed Soldiers from the 34th Infantry Division, based out of Rosemount, Minn. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Samuel Soza)
Mike Morris, former Minnesota Vikings football player turned radio show host, talks with Capt. James Douglas, 158 lbs., contracting officer, Joint Contracting Command-Iraq, from St. Paul, Minn., during a show focused around a bench press contest at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Dec. 12. (U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Samuel Soza)
Soldiers watch a contestant during the bench-press contest held at the main gym on Contingency Operating Base Basra. Former Minnesota Vikings player turned radio host, Mike Morris, hosted the event for KFAN radio with support from Soldiers.(U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Samuel Soza)
Mike Morris, former Minnesota Vikings football player turned radio show host, lifts 365 pounds at the end of the bench press contest at Contingency Operating Base Basra, Dec. 12. Morris hosted the contest while visiting deployed troops from the 34th Infantry Division, based out of Rosemount, Minn.(U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Samuel Soza)
