“Sacrificing personal comforts and dedicating myself to the completion of the mission shall be my life.” Minutes from endex and the successful recitation of this quote from the Recon Creed is the only thing standing in the way of Doug aka 011 and his GORUCK Selection patch. Selection wasn’t ever going to end until …
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 …
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 …
From Tactical-Life: “GORUCK is best known for its rucksacks, apparel and rucking events, but the Florida-based company is now stepping—see what we did there?—into the footwear world with its new MACV-1 jungle rucking boot. The shoe is a collaboration between three people: GORUCK founder and 10th Special Forces Group veteran Jason McCarthy; Paul Litchfield, creator of …
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.
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 …
