PART 1 – HOW TO GET STARTED & THE FUNDAMENTALS Let’s just say this and start here: rucking is simple to start. You can do it in your neighborhood with things you already have on hand, and it’s free. The military teaches the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach and Leonardo da Vinci said simplicity …
From Connecting Vets: We spoke with McCarthy days before he’s set to serve as honorary Grand Marshal of the NYC Veterans Day parade. Considering his past as a Green Beret and his founding of a company that’s heavily focused on building a community through events like voluntary ruck marches, it’s not too surprising that he sees Veterans Day as an …
The Central Highlands of Vietnam Leaving the sights and sounds of modern day Saigon, we began our journey to the Central Highlands of Vietnam. As we left the city that I had come to feel comfortable in and approached the outlying rural areas, I felt a heightened sense of awareness. Even though I knew …
The one thing that seems to be a constant in Saigon is the delicious smell of food cooking – from the street vendors, open air cafes, coffee shops and bakeries – it was that way in the late 60’s and remains so today. The first time I came to the city I remember walking to …
Walk of America Team to Ruck Across Jacksonville August 4 with GORUCK and Wounded Warrior Project Six veterans on team are in middle of 1,000-mile journey from Los Angeles to New York WHAT: GORUCK, a veteran-owned fitness company that specializes in leading rucking-based endurance events and producing American-made equipment and apparel, has partnered with …
House 10 Aka “The Safe House in Saigon” On our first trip to Saigon we unsuccessfully searched for a villa, called House 10, that had been used during the war. It was initially a Central Intelligence Agency property that was used to support clandestine activities in Vietnam and other locations in Southeast Asia. Over a …
