2026 Monthly Themes

GORUCK TRIBE CALENDAR

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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)
A Spartan helmet silhouette centered between the Roman numerals MMX and XVI-II.

February // DISCIPLINE

"The Corinthian helmet universally represents the Spartans and their ideals. Their society was built on the belief that personal desire must yield to collective strength, making discipline not just a practice, but an identity." - Roger Sparks

  • WORKOUT // Valentines Day Massacre
  • LISTEN // Discipline Equals Freedom: Field Manual Book by Jocko Willink (link)
The Tribe Membership features a fist clutching a lightning bolt, surrounded by Roman numerals MMX, X, VI, and -III on a black background.

March // Fortitude

"Fortitude, to hold lightning is to endure the unbearable... Fortitude is keeping your grip when the storm rages." - Roger Sparks

  • WORKOUT // FOX FORCE 55
  • READ // We the Women: The Hidden Heroes Who Shaped America by Norah O'Donnell
A brown graphic features a central black skull with a cracked forehead topped by a light blue arrowhead design, flanked by the Roman numerals MMX and XVI IV.

April // Break

"We break to let the light in..." - James Frey

  • WORKOUT // Manion WOD
  • 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

“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.” - Plutarch

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

“When one jumps over the edge, one is bound to land somewhere.” -D.H. Lawrence

  • WORKOUT // “82ND AIRBORNE”
  • WATCH // Edge of Tomorrow (link)
The iconic Liberty Bell with a crack down the center, flanked by the Roman numerals MMX on the left and XVI-VII on the right.

July // FOUNDING

“We have it in our power to begin the world over again.” -Thomas Paine

  • WORKOUT // “AMERICAN FLAG”
  • READ // The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840 by Akhil Reed Amar (link)
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August // Will

“Man can do what he wills, but he cannot will what he wills.” -Arthur Schopenhauer

  • WORKOUT // “ODYSSEY”
  • READ //  Watch the Odyssey (Showtimes)
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September // Shadow

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