Sunrise in DC

Good morning!

Unsurprising.

It should come as no surprise that the GBs I work with are not as vocal about emotions as I am.  They do not gush about friendship, love, feelings, Beyonce and Jay-Z's relationship, etc.  They do tolerate me 

when I do all of those things, which I appreciate.

So here's Brian. A man of few words, who lives in the mountains with many mystical things. 

This is the birthday email-exchange between him and me last year. 

Brief trip to Boston

GORUCK is growing. A lot. Which is great, but sometimes (a lot of the time) I miss when we were in one place.  Last week in Boston - we were there for War Stories and Free Beer - I got the chance to catch up with some of the guys I don't see as often these days.

Shooting at Old Glory

I love taking pictures at Old Glory.

Unglamorous Times

A look at some of the less-glamorous aspects behind the scenes:

Fuel to the Fire: Winter Camping

Thoreau "went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately." 

Carlos and the Dog Fight

(It's not a real dog fight. So let's end those fears right now.)

Down to Jacksonville

It wasn't so bad.

Jason's Birthday at Old Glory

We'd been on the road for the weekend, but Jason's birthday was calling, as it is wont to do, so we dropped our stuff, changed, and went out.

GORUCK Challenge DC

This summer, the GORUCK Challenge came to DC.

Lou Speaks in Virginia

When Lou speaks, people tend to listen.

So when we can, we like to host Lou Speaks, where he waxes poetic on GORUCK, the GORUCK Challenge, our gear, lessons of SOF, you name it. I've heard him talk roughly one billion times, but I always learn something new.