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Fort Wainwright soldiers forced to brawl in barracks fight club

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“As a former soldier in the United States Army, Congressman Young takes very seriously recent reports of behavior inconsistent with U.S. Army values occurring on base, and pending the release of the EPICON’s findings, is prepared to follow the facts and discuss next steps with Army leadership.” – Zack Brown, Press Secretary, Congressman Don Young of Alaska

“Is the Command at Fort Wainwright aware of reports of hazing (initiation rites?) taking place on-base? As was the case at Eielson AFB recently which resulted in two commanders being relieved? If so, what actions are being taken to address this matter at Wainwright?” – NEWSREP, May 20, 2019

“I’m very pleased with the swift action of our leadership at each echelon to bring in all soldiers the same day that the [fight club] allegations were sent to us and speak one-on-one to find out if there was any merit. While a full 15-6 investigation is on-going, all initial analysis has shown zero evidence of any hazing, fight club, or misconduct of any sort.” – Maj. Charlie Dietz, Public Affairs, 1st Stryker BCT, Fort Wainwright, Alaska, May 23, 2019

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    Daniel

    Wooo. Well la di da.

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    John R

    yeah. An astonishing number of people think you can condition your head the same way you can condition your shins or knuckles.
    You can’t. Accumulated damage to the head just makes you weaker over time, not stronger. It’s why native Thai fighters always kick and punch heavy to the body and light to the head when sparring. They know this.

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    Mason

    Xbox is for peasants. PC’s only for this well heeled gentleman.

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    Daniel

    Thats a pretty good point.

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    Daniel

    Who ordered the code red on Mason? While being confined to quarters, and limited to only running distances of no more than one marathon per day, no faster than a 6 min per mile pace, with limited weights, and calisthenics, Mason was stuck with the rest of his down time, playing xbox, and watching movies in his bunk, and died of a broken heart, not being able to run free.