Introduction to USMC Joey Bovia
Sgt. Joseph “Joey” Bovia, USMC, was a native of Metairie, Louisiana. He served in the Marine Corps for six years. Sgt. Bovia volunteered for two deployments to Iraq and his last deployment to Afghanistan. He was the leader of a combat engineering platoon and was building an outpost to protect an elementary school in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, when his unit was attacked by insurgents. Sgt. Bovia was killed in action on August 31, 2010, in the name of freedom and protection.
On August 31, 2019, 10 men of F3 (including FNG Complicated) converged at Muscleship to pay tribute to this hometown hero through a workout, on the 9th anniversary of his sacrifice, created by Sgt. Bovia’s fellow Marines. Sgt. Bovia’s mom was notified of the F3 tribute and she sent her deepest gratitude to the men of F3. Sgt. Bovia’s mom was assured Joey’s sacrifice would not be forgotten. She expressed her greatest fear is people forgetting Joey.
Warm up
After an introduction to USMC Joey Bovia, we left the flag and took a slow mosey over to The Foundry to warm up.
Once there, Hokie Pokey solicited assistance from @SOGO for Warm Ups as SOGO has not held his VQ yet.
31 SSH, 8 Merkins, 8 Hill Billies and 8 Arm Circles Forward and Backward for the Warm up
The Tribute ~ 8 stations 31 reps “plus bonus burpees ;-)” in teams of 2 split between 5 stations and then rotating through the 8 stations
- Hand Release Merkins
- Low Slow Squats
- Pull ups with FULL extension at bottom
- Alabama Ass Kickers
- Floyd Mayweathers
- Dips ensuring you get DEEP into the dip
- Lunges (stepping way out front and getting the back knee down)
- Mule Kicks (possibly being renamed Sunday Mornings)
- PLUS we started and ended with 5 burpees and 3 burpees at each transition … 7 transitions x 3 = 21 +5 +5 = 31
There was leftover time so we added some bonuses of planks while our partner ran to the track and back. We concluded by moseying back to the fountain in front of NOMA for step ups and then closing with a circle of 8 minutes of Mary
Thank you Joey Bovia & COT
We closed with our Circle of Trust and once again lifting up RED (Remembering Everyone Deployed) and giving special thanks to those that gave the ultimate sacrifice. We also lifted up @Bell Hop and @Rudy’s Dad and all those dealing with cancer! We also lifted up all those dealing with Hurricane Dorian and those traveling this weekend.
We also welcomed our FNG, Steven Arthur with the F3 name of Complicated which is way to complicated for me to explain here.
As always, I thank my F3 brothers for the opportunity to push myself and hopefully aid in each of you pushing yourselves through my attempt to challenge you at your fitness level while still being able to Q.
