“The CG and I believe in leading by example, so of course we were the first team to run the course,” said Command Sgt. The Division Commander and Command Sergeant Major kicked off the event, leading the Brigade and Battalion Command teams through thick mud and over the various obstacles placed along the route.
This year’s unseasonably late snows, and a healthy downpour of rain, turned the mile-long obstacle course into a grueling gut check, akin to the conditions seen at Normandy. Mabry, a battalion commander with the Ivy Division who landed on the shores of Normandy during the D-Day invasion. Today’s first event was the “Mabry Mile,” named in honor of Maj. – Early on May 24, leaders from across the 4th Infantry Division gathered to kick off Day two of Ivy Week 2022.
