Carabiners are always on my packing list because I always have one attached to my GR1. A carabiner attaches perfectly to the MOLLE webbing on its exterior, but as with all things, some techniques are better than others. So here’s the step by step. To make it easy on yourself, either empty your ruck or …
Trekkers have dubbed themselves ‘GORUCK Smart,’ a way to indicate that Trek is a thinking man’s game of covert operations. The scenario is such that you and your team are in an environment of pure ambiguity, forced to deal with warlords, NOC’s, the mafia, and a nefarious network now known as the Jackal. Shady characters …
Some things in Oki are less familiar than others. I’m pretty sure the top writing is a suggestion, not a mandate. Hanging out after the Challenge is always my favorite part. Class 122 had 14 Force Recon Marines in it (which is an awesome sight to see). The flag they brought had been on hundreds …
Lou and I turned our cameo into a recon mission. Next time we’ll stay longer and do everything. Whoever came up with this name – Burger and Beer Joint – is a true poet in my book. A master communicator.
Dive School is known to be one of the most challenging in all of Special Operations, which means the guys who pass are typically the work harder / play hardest type. And always characters, even by Green Beret standards. The question I’ve heard most often is why Dive School is necessary since wars are mostly …
Cadre Dan is a Green Beret and one of our original Cadre. I went to Special Forces Assessment and Selection at Camp Mackall with the mindset that I didn’t give a f**k what the Cadre threw at me. There were only two ways I was going home – on a stretcher as a med drop or escorted …
