EFR 841: GORUCK - From Green Beret to Entrepreneur, the Health Benefits of Rucking and How We Can Really Help Veterans in 2024 with Jason McCarthy
Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning
Chase Chewning
5 • 927 Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2024
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
This episode is brought to you by GoRuck, SKIMS, Z-Biotics, and Legion Athletics.
Former Green Beret and GORUCK CEO, Jason McCarthy, joins us to share his remarkable transformation from military service to entrepreneurship. Jason brings us into his world, reflecting on his journey from enlisting in the Army post-9/11 to becoming a Green Beret, and the profound impact these experiences had on his identity and ambitions. We explore the tough transition from military to civilian life, highlighting how GORUCK was born from Jason's desire to bridge these two worlds through community, camaraderie, and a mission-driven approach.
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In this episode we discuss...
(00:00) Transition From Military Service to Entrepreneurship
(06:18) The Journey to GORUCK
(19:09) Military Service Sacrifices
(31:42) Warrior Mentality and Transition Challenges
(40:05) Building Community Through Rucking
(54:14) Benefits of Rucking for Everyone
(01:06:28) Physical and Mental Benefits of Rucking
(01:09:24) Building a Business With Integrity
(01:20:36) Navigating Patriotism and Purpose
(01:29:33) Ever Forward
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| 0:00.0 | The following is an Operation Podcast production. |
| 0:03.4 | Joining the Army after 9-11 because of 9-11 and then came a green break. |
| 0:07.3 | There's no glorification of the violence. |
| 0:09.8 | It wasn't really like that. |
| 0:11.8 | It just felt much deeper and much more absolute that I will regret this for the rest of my life |
| 0:17.4 | if I don't be a part of whatever this is. |
| 0:20.2 | Standing up in this middle of a |
| 0:21.7 | Humvee with a 50 cow staring wherever you go as well, that's a different perspective. And later on, |
| 0:28.5 | you know, Go Ruck came around. It's like, this is odd. This is a business that I don't necessarily |
| 0:33.4 | feel that great about. It doesn't feel like it's a service thing if you're in for-profit |
| 0:38.1 | business. And so I wrestle with that a lot and that dramatically shifted who we are and why |
| 0:43.6 | at Go Ruck. Finding myself, having to reinvent myself over and over and over in a way that I did not |
| 0:52.6 | foresee. |
| 0:56.1 | You're going to say committed to the process. |
| 0:57.6 | You're going to say committed to the problems. |
| 0:59.1 | Pick up the rock and follow me. |
| 1:00.5 | God bless America. |
| 1:08.2 | I'm Jason McCarthy, the co-founder and CEO of GoRuck. |
| 1:09.9 | Welcome to Ever Forward Radio. Guys, you know how when you find something |
| 1:12.8 | you love, you just stick with it? Well, that was me and that was my underwear. I thought I was |
| 1:18.5 | in love with my underwear. In fact, I've been wearing the same brand damn near for a decade. |
| 1:23.2 | And it was pretty darn good. I'm not going to lie. But ever since I tried skim's men's underwear, |
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