TRIBE CALENDAR

2026 Monthly Themes & Patches

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Q1 2026

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January // Origin

The GORUCK spearhead moves forward toward the enemy and the challenges in our lives. In Special Forces, we revere the Native American warriors, masters of movement who above all understood one enduring truth:

The needs of the tribe before the needs of self.

This crazy beautiful messy imperfect world will FORGE THE SELF as we move, and strip us down to our essentials, if we let it. We mustn’t squander this opportunity on the trappings of the day, or on just ourselves, but rather harken back to the lessons of antiquity, and put the needs of the tribe before the needs of self.

Read more HERE.

  • WORKOUT // ORIGIN STRIKE
  • READ // Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (returning Tribe); OR Tribe by Sebastian Junger (if new to Tribe)

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February // DISCIPLINE

  • WORKOUT // Valentines Day Massacre
  • LISTEN // Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual Book by Jocko Willink (link)
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March // Fortitude

  • WORKOUT // FOX FORCE 55
  • READ // We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America by Norah O'Donnell

Q2 2026

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April // Break

  • WORKOUT // TBA
  • LISTEN // The Productivity Myth: Oliver Burkeman On Our Broken Relationship With Time, Embracing Our Limitations & Why More Isn’t Always Better (link)

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May // BURN

  • WORKOUT // MURPH
  • READ // The Burnout Challenge: Managing People's Relationships with Their Jobs by Christina Maslach and
    Michael P. Leiter

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June // Edge

  • WORKOUT // TBA
  • WATCH // Edge of Tomorrow

Q3 2026

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July // FOUNDING

  • WORKOUT // TBA
  • READ // The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840 by Akhil Reed Amar

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August // Will

  • WORKOUT // TBA
  • WATCH // The Odyssey (2026)

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September // Shadow

  • WORKOUT // TBA
  • READ // The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 by Lawrence Wright

Q4 2026

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OCTOBER // MATTER

  • WORKOUT // TBA
  • READ // Mattering: The Secret to Building a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose by Jennifer Breheny Wallace

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November // TEMPER

  • WORKOUT // 5K "TURKEY TROT" / CHAD
  • WATCH // Folktales

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December // FORGE

  • WORKOUT // Nightmare Before Christmas + SANTA'S COAL (bonus WOD)
  • WATCH // Merry Christmas (Joyeux Noel) (2005)

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