When I arrived in Iraq, it was April, just a few months before the hot summer, where the daily high temperatures were already above 100 degrees and would, soon, sometimes reach into the 130s. I knew my team needed to be ready to work in the heat, so as we prepared all spring, I tried to push my team to do more. SEAL deployments overseas involve a lot of individual freedom. We choose how to stay fit, when and how to work out, and how to fill our time between missions. One (of many) homemade fi...
