Trying to stay fit while at sea would make this trail runner -- me -- super cranky. This week in Navy Times, staff writer Mark Faram writes about one sailor who's getting it done:
Derek England is a loser. In fact, he's the biggest loser in his whole command. And he's pretty happy about it.
England is a 26-year-old, surface-warfare-qualified, fire controlman second class onboard frigate Elrod. Since the ship left Norfolk, Va., on Jan. 16 for its current deployment to the Caribbean hunting drug runners, he has shed 41 pounds.
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He hasn't done it alone. His efforts are part of his command's "Biggest Loser" competition pitting shipmates against each other in a battle to see who can lose the most weight on the cruise. The competition is named after the popular NBC television show.
Though the competition won't be over until the ship returns to Norfolk in July, England has opened up an 11-pound lead on his nearest competitor, Fire Controlman 2nd Class (SW) Matthew Tieff, who works with England.
Read Mark's complete story on Derek England, here.
