The inspiration for MACV-1 was the most beloved boot in Special Forces history, the Vietnam-era Jungle Boot. That boot solved a lot of problems for the guys back then; namely, it breathed more, it drained faster, and the “Panama sole” was better at dispersing the mud than its predecessors. Its downside when you pick it …
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MACV-1: 4+ Years in the Making
Paul Litchfield 30 Year Shoe Dog, and inventor of the Reebok Pump Senior Director, GORUCK Footwear One Friday in 2014, my flight from halfway around the world landed in Boston, I went through customs, got in my car and drove straight to the start point of my first GORUCK Challenge in Worcester. My friends had …
035: The GORUCK Show – Staying Cool and Killing Your Feet
Fresh out of a Tough Challenge weekend, Lee adds another patch to the collection and another couple blisters to his feet. Bomber is actively beating his body up to be ready for his 50 miler in November. Event season is in full swing and we are not slowing down anytime soon.
HULK
I train like a HULK. I eat like a HULK. I ruck like a HULK. I live like a HULK, every day. I’m 6”3 250 before I feed the house and wash it down with a few beers and I don’t want my pants crowding my junk, ever. I hate that. My neighbor’s a skinny …
Service First Story 003: A Dog Named Leia
Veteran transition issues are a big deal these days. We hear about PTSD and TBI and the effects of war. It’s easy to imagine how some might wonder if all Veterans are damaged goods, or broken, or whether we can recover in the civilian world. There’s plenty of examples to suggest that Veterans are, and …
GR3 Explained: All The Beer and All The Sausage
The goal was pretty simple, as goals are. Build a travel ruck that would thrive in Baghdad, NYC, and the mountains of Afghanistan. Or any mountains for that matter. And four plus years later of working toward that simple goal, rucking the world over a couple times and back, GR3 was finally ready. There were …