Alpha Warrior brings unique fitness challenge to Arnold Air Force Base
Story by Bradley Hicks Arnold Engineering Development Complex / Arnold Air Force Base Tony Pennington couldn’t wait to give it a go. “I guess there’s always a voice inside my head asking me if I have what it takes to meet whatever challenge, so the Alpha Warrior event was a perfect opportunity to answer that voice,” he said. Pennington, program manager in the Test Support Division Engineering Section, was among the Airmen and DOD personnel at Arnold Air Force Base to try his or her hand at the Alpha Warrior Battle Rig during its Aug. 28 visit to Arnold. The Alpha Warrior Battle Rig and members of the Alpha Warrior team came to Arnold as part of an ongoing worldwide tour of Air Force bases. According to its website, Alpha Warrior provides training and obstacle fitness for civilians and military around the world. The Air Force previously partnered with Alpha Warrior to establish the Alpha Warrior program through which the rigs are brought to the numerous bases. Alpha War...