Junior Jarhead Day

Marine Air Group (MAG) 16 hosted a Junior Jarhead Day yesterday and our biggins got to get a small taste of what Marines do! They were split up by age groups and Logan was assigned to the Zebra squad and Peyton was a Giraffe!


PT is an essential part of being a Marine! So lets try some sit ups and push ups!!

The base fire department came and talked to the kids and then let them get in the truck! I always love when these guys come out, they are awesome with the kids and I think they help the kids understand never to be afraid when the firemen are around!

One of the stations  including camo face paint, uniforms, and flight gear! They were so cute!

Just like daddy!!

By far my favorite was the obstacle course! The big kids jumped hurdles, bear crawled and then low crawled over bubble wrap and under wires and at the end throw bean bag grenades! The little ones spent most of their time on the bubble wrap and throwing the bean bag grenades!

They had a paintball practice arena set up.  Peyton was most worried about this (she thought someone was going to shoot her) but it ended up being her favorite thing in the end! I see family paintballing in a few years!

The static displays are always a hit for the kids.  Because MAG 16 is solely helicopters and tilt-rotors the aircraft on display were the CH-53 Super Stallion and the V-22 Osprey (our fav by far!). I'm not sure how many times my kids have been inside these aricraft but they love it every time! But the coolest thing for the kids was the 53 was set up as it would be in combat, meaning it had 3 machine guns on board!! 

Love how he's peaking above it like he's taking aim!

Now that is a WAR FACE!

The day finished up with a demonstration by the K9 dogs that was a hit will all the kids! Each child received a tshirt, bandana, certificate, and personalized dogtag! They are officially Junior Jarheads now!


 What a great day! Thank you VMM-166 and MAG-16 for giving my kids a wonderfully memorable day!