Matt “Ant” Brooks shared his Seattle Constellation AAR from his blog on Reddit. We all thought it was pretty cool so we decided to share it with y’all. Ok, here we go. The title pretty much says it all. For most of my youth and continuing on into my adult life, whenever life …
CONSTELLATION 001 – BETA Special Forces Lessons Learned has always been the foundation for GORUCK Events, starting with the Challenge. One Special Forces guy (and someday girl, we hope) and a class of the willing. And we have a lot to teach, it’s what we do. So let’s get to it. As we’ve grown, the …
Happy Thanksgiving, Celebrate Like You Just Finished Selection 48+ hours of Welcome Parties and Good-Bye Parties and Sandbag Movers and Devil’s Miles and when the human spirit is still alive, it’s a good day. “Roster 035, Congratulations on completing GORUCK Selection, the toughest endurance event in the world.” And I got a little choked up …
And then there was one. I learned early on in my Army days that you can’t stop Father Time. Just keep your head focused on the task at hand while the sand flows south, and embrace whatever comes at you. It’s their game, their rules, and you’re playing by them. Which pretty much sums up …
SELECTION 018 – PART 2 The quiet passes and the storm is here. The dubiously named Good-Bye Party at GORUCK Selection is 4 hours. Not a minute less, not a minute more. It’s loud, it’s intense, it’s stressful. Tonight, it’s a low of 39 degrees. Up the hill down the hill in the water rucks …
BELLBROOK, OHIO, USA HOME BASE OF GORUCK SELECTION 018 Annually, we run an event called GORUCK Selection. It’s the only event that we recommend you NOT sign up for. It’s 48+ hours and it’s patterned after Special Forces Assessment and Selection. The Cadre’s role is to get participants to quit and the pass rate is …
