Team Room rules state that if you admit to doing something for the first time, you owe a case of beer. My dad taught me long ago that beer is what money’s for and like father like son and yes, this is the first time I ever took Monster to the beach and the beer’s …
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Karaoke Night: Peacocking at Ginger’s
When I told the guys that Ginger’s was the seediest dive bar in town, I might as well have said get in the GORUCK Truck let me show you your new home. In 2012, GORUCK HQ moved to Jacksonville (the beach side anyway). Growing up here, I drove by Ginger’s a million times and went …
Selection 002 – And Then There Was Kling
I met Kling at the Atlanta Scavenger two weeks before Selection Class 002. Rule #1 in full effect with the shades and all, but you never know what someone has inside of them till life gets real. And life got real at 002. 19 people started, but 24 hours in – with 24+ hours to …
160 Yards From the Cadre Team House, Neptune Beach, Florida
“As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.” Proverbs 27:17 pretty much sums up life at the Cadre Team House, the grinder that never stops. Nothing is off limits, nobody ever sleeps, and privacy doesn’t exist. It’s wholly exhausting and we do it to ourselves. The great opportunity is to live life to …
Selection Class 000, Part 5: Old Glory and Tears Before Beers, St. Augustine, Florida
2Pac’s All Eyez on Me is kind of what it’s like being a Selection candidate. The Cadre are always watching, no matter where you are, and when they wait, they don’t wait patiently. At this point, we’re 52 hours in. The candidates don’t know what time it is other than that it’s morning on the …
Selection Class 000, Part 4: It Pays to Be a Winner, St. Augustine, Florida
Part team, part you, all the time. Selection is an individual event but never really. The full name of Selection in the Q-Course is Special Forces Assessment and Selection. The Cadre there assess your ability to play well with others. And your classmates make sure you don’t slip through the cracks when the Cadre aren’t …