“If Al-Qaeda is the guy outside your house with a shotgun, Hezbollah is the guy already holding a gun to your head,” a senior officer presented this chilling perspective while I sat in a briefing on terrorist threats during my time in the Agency. In other words, are you focusing your intel collection efforts on …
“You deserve a vacation. So there!” After almost two years of COVID hell, one of my dear friends, Winnie, realized that I was in dire need of a break. She had recently started working for a travel agency specializing in Moroccan tourism, and her company wanted to send her to Morocco for two weeks to …
Proven from coast to coast, from the beaches of Normandy to the top of Mountains. In 2015, GORUCK was smaller, and getting “perfect” samples for product photography was a much bigger deal. Every so often, a GR1 would be designated the “photo” ruck and it would travel and be used for content at events and …
Need a brag moment: I climbed Mt. Fuji! I’m not the fittest or fastest, but damn, training with 30lb plate, to carrying probably maybe 10lbs or less, made this climb easier than I expected. I’m not a good writer, but I’m just so damn proud of some achievements. I didn’t under pack. I packed everything …
Lincoln’s Rucking Story Eight year old, Lincoln Watling, aka the KidRucker, has just finished rucking the virtual Camino de Santiago challenge – a 480 mile pilgrimage though Spain. He is also more than 500 days into a daily rucking streak, along with his dad, Julian. Together they’ve been rucking a mile a day (sometimes more) …
As cities begin reopening and work from home is transitioning to work from anywhere, there has never been a better time to pack up and hit the road…at least until our passports are fully valid again. Whether you have time for a quick weekend getaway or want to try out the digital nomad life for …
