Fear and uncertainty was felt by 16 U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay residents who scrounged up enough courage to partake in the first Morale, Welfare and Recreation Fear Factor competition, Feb. 24.
“When you walked up to the [Windjammer] pool and the first thing you smelled were rotting fish, you started to really think about the kind of fools that would sign up for such a challenge,” said Meghan Phillips, a Soldier deployed to Joint Task Force Guantanamo and participant in the competition.