A Pax of 4 posted early this morning — 15 minutes earlier than normal — to finish the month strong. Today was workout #4 in the series for the month of August, entitled Bank & Yarborough Workout. A little history:
Colonel Aaron Bank and Lieutenant General William P. Yarborough were both instrumental in establishing the Special Forces. Col. Bank served in the Army from 1942 – 1958. During WWII he was assigned to the Office of Strategic Services and participated in guerrilla operations in Europe. After the war, Col. Bank became a leading advocate for the formation of a professional Special Forces division. Working with Col. Russell W. Volckmann, they convinced the Army that such a force was needed. In 1952, Bank became the first commander of the Army’s first Special Forces unit, called the 10th Special Forces Group (this number was selected to confound the Russians with suspicions of nine more such units). In establishing the 10th SFG, he drew upon former members of the “1st Special Service Force” known as the Devil’s Brigade, as well as veterans of the OSS, the Parachute Infantry units, and guerrilla elements in the Pacific.
Lt. Gen. Yarborough served in the Army from 1931 – 1971. One of the early founders of Special Forces, he began as a Test Officer for the Provisional Parachute Group in 1941. He designed the paratrooper’s boot, uniform and qualification badge (jump wings) and a number of aerial delivery containers for which he received U.S. patents. In 1961 he hosted President Kennedy at Fort Bragg and was able to acquire further funding to develop Special Forces. In addition to securing funding, he had the Green Beret authorized as official headgear for the SF. Subsequently, his design of the original parachutists’ uniform was incorporated into the 1973 Army tropical uniform that was later worn by all Army units in the Vietnam War.
Pax gathered at 0510 with a hard start at 0515. Mission Statement and Disclaimer were recited and we jumped right in.
THE THANG
- 3 mile ruck, then
- Partner A Sprint 50 yards, Partner B Static Overhead Ruck Press & Flip Flop
- Partner A Sprint 100 yards, Partner B Static Overhead Ruck Press & Flip Flop
- Repeat Partner Work 2x more for total of 3 full iterations. On the 3rd and final rotation, the sprint is performed while carrying the ruck in your arms.
COT
YHC gathered the Pax and we counted off, then sounded off with our particular Hospital Name, Age & F3 Name. Announcement – Register for the Iron Pax 2019. Prayer was offered and we were dismissed at 0615.
For those of you who want/need to complete this workout solo, once you have done the 3 mile ruck, hold the overhead ruck press for 10 seconds then spring 50 yards, hold the overhead ruck press for 20 seconds then sprint 100 yards. Rinse & Repeat with coupon sprint for third time.
Here is the link to order your patch once you have earned it — Honor System in full effect so have integrity:
https://www.goruck.com/patch-guerrilla-ops/
It’s been a great month of work for the Guerrilla Ops August #RuckingChallenge.
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