Chaplain John the Baptizer

I spent Saturday with Chaplain, Captain John Martinez from the 116th at the Battle Buddy Run. Here’s the day in pictures from our team photographer, Silas Thompson.

the Battle Buddy run was a non-timed, team event; teams were “sent” into battle about 3 minutes apart.

Do not follow my poor gun safety in real life.

the foreground is a peaceful autumn picture, the drill Sargent making fun of my push up attempts was not so peaceful.

Hard to breath through these gas masks standing still, but my battle buddy wouldn’t let me quit.

At least I get a free shirt for doing this.

The last time I ate an MRE was in a Haitian jail. “You’re gonna love the Mac. and Cheese.” spoken by the NBC reporter

“Don’t shoot ’till you see the white of their eyes.”

I’m going to sit down over here and cry for a moment.

This is what it’s like to spend the day with the chaplain. It was clear throughout the day that I was with a man who cares for the soldiers and he’s respected by the soldiers… but most of all he knows how to end the day better than any chaplain I know…

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