Remembering ORW

Remembering ORW

Operation Red Wings, it is the story where the movie Lone Survivor came from. The anniversary was on June 28th but due to the way the schedule worked out, today was the day we honored those that were lost.

The call went out for everyone to bring a ruck/backpack with some kind of weight in it. Not being sure who would bring them I planned for the worst and hoped for the best.

I got there early to set out the stations and along with them, printed out info sheets on some of the 19 that were lost that day as part of ORW.

To my happy surprise we had a ruck for everyone, some with ruck plates, some with bricks etc. Very quick disclaimer since we had all regulars and into…

COP

A quick #HairBandMile
20 Side Straddle Hops In Cadence
20 Imperial Walkers IC

The Thang

I went into a quick history of ORW/Lone Survivor and explained that to honor those lost we will ruck the entire workout (modify as needed of course). Special Forces can often have about 70lbs that they carry as part of missions so while we won’t carry that much we will all be carrying extra weight. Also a strong theme in the military, Lone Survivor and F3 is no man left behind, it’s a brother hood so we will partner up and the partners stay together the entire time.

At each station I left an info sheet about some of those lost that day. You are to take 30 seconds or so to read that before beginning the exercise to appreciate and remember those that sacrificed everything.
Everyone RUCK UP! The stations were:

• Quick ruck “shuffle” out to the track and back (.10 mile) , you are the timer.
• 15 Supine Pull ups/ 15 squats (w/ ruck on of course) continue alternating until the track ruckers are back
• “Sandbag Mile” with ruck on, pick up the sandbag, squat, throw it, walk up to it and repeato about 25 yards out and back
• Merkins w/ ruck
• Kettlebell bear crawl w/ruck about 30 yards out and back

We rotated through this for about 35 minutes

5MOM
Flutter press w/ ruck
Back Scratchers
LBCs

DONE!

Ye Olde Moleskine

I was happy to see most brought a ruck and since a couple of us had extra everyone was good to go. Most of us had ruckplates, bricks etc. but the creativity award goes to Woody who had a ruck full of bullet casings! #TClaps

Smaller group today but once we get going numbers don’t matter and it was great to have The Late Show back out in the Gloom! #Kotters

Wearing the ruck really changes up the workout and most would probably agree but I thought it would be a good change of pace and for an great reason. Always an honor to lead, and we need more Qs so step up and take the lead, we need you!

Here are the names of the 19 lost during ORW June 28th 2005:

Navy SEALs

SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 1, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

• Lt. (SEAL) Michael P. Murphy, 29, of Patchogue, N.Y.
• Sonar Technician (Surface) 2nd Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson, 29, of Cupertino, Calif.
• Machinist Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Eric S. Patton, 22, of Boulder City, Nev.
• Senior Chief Information Systems Technician (SEAL) Daniel R. Healy, 36, of Exeter, N.H.
• Quartermaster 2nd Class (SEAL) James Suh, 28, of Deerfield Beach, Fla.

SEAL Delivery Vehicle Team 2, Virginia Beach, Va.

• Gunner’s Mate 2nd Class (SEAL) Danny P. Dietz, 25, of Littleton, Colo.

SEAL Team 10, Virginia Beach, Va.

• Chief Fire Controlman (SEAL) Jacques J. Fontan, 36, of New Orleans, La.
• Lt. Cmdr. (SEAL) Erik S. Kristensen, 33, of San Diego, Calif.
• Electronics Technician 1st Class (SEAL) Jeffery A. Lucas, 33, of Corbett, Ore.
• Lt. (SEAL) Michael M. McGreevy Jr., 30, of Portville, N.Y.
• Hospital Corpsman 1st Class (SEAL) Jeffrey S. Taylor, 30, of Midway, W.Va.

Army Night Stalkers

3rd Battalion, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Hunter Army Air Field, Ga.

• Staff Sgt. Shamus O. Goare, 29, of Danville, Ohio.
• Chief Warrant Officer Corey J. Goodnature, 35, of Clarks Grove, Minn.
• Sgt. Kip A. Jacoby, 21, of Pompano Beach, Fla.
• Sgt. 1st Class Marcus V. Muralles, 33, of Shelbyville, Ind.
• Maj. Stephen C. Reich, 34, of Washington Depot, Conn.
• Sgt. 1st Class Michael L. Russell, 31, of Stafford, Va.
• Chief Warrant Officer Chris J. Scherkenbach, 40, of Jacksonville, Fla.

HQ Company, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne), Fort Campbell, Ky.

• Master Sgt. James W. Ponder III, 36, of Franklin, Tenn.