N.J. team braves rain, cold to run 10K for Gold Star Mothers

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Cadets and senior members brave rain and cold temperatures in a 10K run held Oct. 17 at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst, N.J., as a benefit for Gold Star Mothers.


1st Lt. Mark Swanson
Public Affairs Officer
New Jersey Wing

NEW JERSEY – Rain and cold proved no obstacle Oct. 17 as New Jersey Wing members took part in the First Sergeants Council Third Annual Ruck March at Joint Base McGuire Dix Lakehurst.

With temperatures in the mid-40s, a nor’easter moving up the East 
Coast added more than an inch of precipitation as about 15 cadets and senior members ran in the rainy 10K benefit for the Gold Star Mothers of New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

The CAP members were among 75 military and civilian four-man teams participating. Each team carried memorial items of fallen service members, provided by Gold Star Mothers.

The New Jersey Wing contingent carried a photo and medal dedicated to Army Cpl. Steven R. Koch of Milltown, N.J., who died March 3, 2008, at age 23 from wounds caused by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan’s Sabari district of Afghanistan. Koch’s mother, Christine, was one of the Gold Star Mothers participating in the event.