The aviator’s kit bag was one of my favorite pieces of gear, and everyone on my Special Forces team used them to transport a small army’s worth of gear, per person. The wide opening makes them far superior to green Army duffel bags, which nobody uses anymore because nobody likes soup sandwiches at the bottom …
Teamwork, leadership, camaraderie, smiles, and a gut-check worthy of Special Operations training. But the beauty of the Challenge is that it’s not about you, it’s about the people by your side, the individuals that become your team. Ruckers have called it an introduction to themselves and a West Point graduate told me it was the …
I love drinking beers with my buddies, and I love talking gear. “Photo shoots” — not so much, but we’ve gotten some requests for sizing pics. So we brought enough beer to kill a small army and took over some random red barn outside some random brick building in Bozeman. And here’s how it went. …
An ‘Echo’ of our other rucks, this smaller version is every bit as tough and every bit as functional. But its size gives it a different story to tell. Sort of. All our rucks have consistent features. The Echo has two rows of MOLLE webbing (the same system used by our Armed Forces to attach …
The GORUCK Tough patch is not for sale. It takes inspiration from the First Special Service Force’s spearhead, and the only way to earn it is to pass the GORUCK Challenge. The Force was a joint Canadian-American commando unit formed in 1942. “The name ‘First Special Service Force’ was selected to cover an assault force …
Recently, I met up with C.C. Chapman (maybe the nicest guy ever) in NYC. If you want to listen to me talk a lot about GORUCK, the GORUCK Challenge, and Java, check it out.
