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Trece Colos is a multinational military

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competition comprised of three

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countries the Netherlands , France ,

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and the United States . Each of our

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flags , uh , for each nation shares

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three colors the red , white , and blue .

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So Trececolos represents the

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unification of those three colors and

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our military capabilities .

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Throughout the last week in this

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competition we executed a number of

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events all across the island of

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Martinique . The opening event was a

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CrossFit workout of the day , and we

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executed 400 m sprints into

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100 m tire flips , do 200 pushups as a

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pair , 300 air squats .

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200 total burpees and then the

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final event was a jerry can rum .

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Uh , we executed a military triathlon

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where we conducted a bike route and a

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run route before concluding the event

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with a water buddy recovery rescue .

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Following that , we executed sea

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navigation where the teams were put

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into kayaks and had to row around

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various points on the island of

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Martinique . We

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conducted a CrossFit style

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dynamic pistol shoot house .

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For the culminating event , we inserted

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off of French small boats . The teams

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were forced to move by Futura , rowing

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with six paddles for 7 kilometers

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before placing them , picking up our

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burdens , and conducting a 4 mile ruck

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run back to Fort Dea .

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A mentor of mine said that you need to

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be light enough to get there and heavy

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enough to win , and I think we

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definitely learned that there's a lot

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of truth to that as well .

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The French and the Dutch , we really

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had a seamless integration with those

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guys . There's a strong resistance to

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failure and a strong resistance to

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quitting amongst our partner nations as

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well . Biggest takeaway is I think when

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you integrate the French , the Dutch ,

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and the United States , it's a force to

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be reckoned with .