Ladies and gentlemen, as we prepare to bid 2019 adieu and ring in the new year with all the fanfare warranted by a new decade, we encourage you to look to the Army JAG Corps’s spirit animal for inspiration in crafting those New Year’s resolutions.
We first wrote about CPT Jeri D’Aurelio way back in August 2017; the intervening two years have only afforded her more time and opportunity with which to impress us. In the latest issue of The Army Lawyer, she shares her thoughts on the thrill of “functional fitness”—demonstrating as impressive an aptitude for the written word as she oft-displays on the terrain of a given American Ninja Warrior course!
“[F]itness became our office-wide bonding mechanism. . . . [E]ven if we worked out separately we still held each other accountable to complete a daily workout. In the main Office of the Staff Judge Advocate, they would play a song every hour, on the hour, prompting everyone to do an exercise for the entirety of the song before returning to work. These exercises included things like push-ups on our helmets, overhead presses with body armor, and tricep dips on the office chairs.”
To access excerpts from the PDF, click HERE. It features the article in question, and an interview.
Or, click HERE for direct access to a transcript of the interview, and HERE for her article. We’ve published some of our favorite excerpts from it below.
And, for a comprehensive review of CPT D’Aurelio’s jaw-dropping, awe-inspiring, eye-popping, heart-melting ninja performances, check out www.ninjaguide.com/ninjas/jeri-daurelio/.
“These hourly workouts and daily physical challenges not only gave our brains short breaks throughout the day, they also had an undeniable team-building effect. . . . Functional fitness is not only a stress reliever and energy booster, it opens opportunities both inside and outside of the Army.”
If you’re looking to Stan-out right along with us, here’s more CPT Jeri D’Aurelio from ANW!
So CPT D’Aurelio, what’s good with Ranger School in 2020? The JAG Corps is still in search of a Ranger Tabbed poster child….