From HiConsumption: “Say hello to the fully capable GORUCK MACV-1. These heavy duty, full grain leather boots are ready to go right out of the box with no break-in time needed. Built with Special Forces grade materials, and triple stitched at the stress points, these boots will help you trample through any environment.” Read more here.
From Gear Patrol: “To create the MACV-1, McCarthy assembled a three-man team that included himself, footwear designer and inventor of the Reebok Pump Paul Litchfield, and Richard Rice, a 30-year Special Forces veteran. Price’s military experience includes time served in Vietnam as a member of MACV-SOG, a classified special ops unit charged with undertaking many of …
From Task & Purpose: “Wouldn’t it be great if GORUCK made a boot to match its bags? Maybe one co-designed by the brains behind the iconic Reebok Pump and a living, breathing Special Forces veteran who returned to Vietnam for the first time in 45 years to make this pair of ass-kickers a reality? The …
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 …
Maison Centrale, Hanoi, Vietnam Aka “The Hanoi Hilton” Sunday, April 8, 2018 I could feel Rich going back in time – planning how his MACV-SOG team could rescue the POW’s trapped behind these walls some 45 years ago. The approach was beautiful. Wide sidewalks around a lake with a floating ancient temple, past a white …
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 …
