<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>Courtesy of <i>Stars and Stripes</i> at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.stripes.com/army-captain-sets-women-s-world-record-for-mile-run-in-a-bomb-disposal-suit-1.668350?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Stars+and+Stripes+Emails&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines">https://www.stripes.com/army-captain-sets-women-s-world-record-for-mile-run-in-a-bomb-disposal-suit-1.668350?utm_medium=email&utm_source=Stars+and+Stripes+Emails&utm_campaign=Daily+Headlines</a></div><div><br></div><div>—————————————————</div><div><br></div><div><h2 style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; box-sizing: border-box; outline: 0px; margin: 0.2rem 0px 1.1875rem; padding: 0px; font-weight: 400; font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(2, 50, 89); text-rendering: optimizeLegibility; line-height: 1.2; font-size: 2.3125rem;">Army captain sets women's world record for mile run in a bomb disposal suit</h2></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">FAIRFAX, Va. — The company commander of an ordnance disposal unit at Fort Campbell, Ky., broke the Guinness World Record for the fastest mile run by a woman wearing a bomb disposal suit Saturday at George Mason University.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Capt. Katie Hernandez of 717th Ordnance Disposal Co. needed to run faster than the existing record of 11 minutes, six seconds, set in 2013 by Army 1st Lt. Ashley Sorensen of the 303rd EOD Battalion in Hawaii. Paced by 1st Sgt. John Myers, also of the 717th, Hernandez finished with a time of 10 minutes, 23 seconds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">“If you (have) ever done any type of run with weights, you feel good when you start and then all of a sudden you hit a wall,” Hernandez said. “And then after that it’s all mental, because you know your body is capable of doing it, it just doesn’t feel like it wants to move.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">The suit weighs more than 70 pounds.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">“She always impresses me,” Myers said. “Obviously her physical capabilities are off the charts ... I knew she could do it, and she did.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">The event was hosted by the </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><a href="https://themilfamily.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color: rgb(2, 50, 89);">Military Families Program</span></a></span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">, an initiative created by the Veteran Success Resource Group and Yellow Ribbons United whose goal is a unified community to create programs and resources for veterans and their families at no cost. It was founded by retired Marine Lt. Col. Justin Constantine, retired Army Capt. Scott Davidson, and former NFL player Derrick Dockery and his wife, Emma.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">————————-</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Photo . . .</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><font color="#444444" face="Arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span style="caret-color: rgb(68, 68, 68); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><img src="cid:3502A34E-0179-4CF4-9DDD-39A39B94EDBB"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Katie_Hernandez.jpg">http://www.tomandrodna.com/Photos/Katie_Hernandez.jpg</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(221, 221, 221);">Paced by Army 1st Sgt. John Myers, Army Capt. Katie Hernandez starts her quest for the world women's record for a mile run in a bomb disposal suit, Saturday, April 3, 2021, at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><br></div>—————————————————<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. 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