CrossFit: Operation Phoenix

As many of you know, we have been drinking the CrossFit Kool-Aid heavily! I took some excerpts from the Operation Phoenix website to help an AWESOME cause - http://operationphoenix.myshopify.com/

From the site:
WHAT IS CROSSFIT?-
CrossFit is the principal strength and conditioning program for many police academies and tactical operations teams, firefighters, Marines, Navy SEALs, military special operations units, champion martial artists, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.
CrossFit delivers a fitness that is, by design, broad, general, and inclusive. Our specialty is in not specializing. Combat, survival, and life reward this kind of fitness and, on average, punish the specialist.

WHAT IS OPERATION PHOENIX?:
Operation Phoenix is a CrossFit initiative that will raise the necessary funds to equip the entire United States Marine Corps with functional fitness equipment to increase combat preparedness, reduce injury, and strengthen unit cohesion. This will be accomplished through non-profit sales, corporate sponsorships, and individual donations. Every penny raised will go directly to "America's Fighting Force," the USMC.

WHY HELP?-
Your help in support of Operation Phoenix not only increases Marines' fitness levels and fosters Marine Corps’ camaraderie, but positions corporate sponsors for networking, PR, and advertising opportunities within the CrossFit community. Additionally, you will find satisfaction in meeting and/or reconnecting with Marines all over the world. According to Coach Greg Glassman, the Corps has been the branch of the military to most rapidly adopt CrossFit into its fitness program. There is a CrossFit gym on or near practically every Marine Corps base in the country, and even one serving troops based in Okinawa, Japan. This is a chance to become a large part.

I am lucky enough to work on an Army base that has CrossFit capabilities and equipment ... Michael is not. This website is aiming to fix that!!

Please help us provide support - Arigato Gozaimasu!

“The constantly varied and high intensity aspects of CrossFit provide devotees with a mental rigor, mental armor if you will, beyond the physical benefits normally associated with a fitness program. A CrossFit-trained Marine is one who is properly prepared both physically and mentally for the rigors of combat.”
LtCol Dan Wilson, U.S. Marines