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CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Instructors, Sgt. 1st Class Dale Marino Detachment 1 (Mortuary Affairs), 962nd Quarter Master Company, 9th Mission Support Command, Army Reserve, currently with the 38th Sustainment Brigade, and Maj. Ernest Felix, an officer with the Australian Army embedded with the Defense Force, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, and group members hugged, high-fived, and shoulder bumped to show respect for one another’s unique haka abilities. Referee, Lt. Col. Erik Smith, (Holding the spear) Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion commander, 28th Infant
CAMP ARIFJAN, Kuwait — Instructors, Sgt. 1st Class Dale Marino Detachment 1 (Mortuary Affairs), 962nd Quarter Master Company, 9th Mission Support Command, Army Reserve, currently with the 38th Sustainment Brigade, and Maj. Ernest Felix, an officer with the Australian Army embedded with the Defense Force, Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent Resolve, and group members hugged, high-fived, and shoulder bumped to show respect for one another’s unique haka abilities. Referee, Lt. Col. Erik Smith, (Holding the spear) Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion commander, 28th Infantry Division, Task Force Spartan, called the group’s haka war cry a draw. The haka event was to commemorate the Asian American, Pacific Islander Heritage Month on May 26.
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