40-mile GORUCK challenge honors fallen Soldier

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_images_carousel images=”2188,2187,2186,2185,2189″ img_size=”full” css_animation=”fadeIn”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1500656956341{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}”]Courtesy photos by Larry Kuzela[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text css_animation=”fadeIn” css=”.vc_custom_1500656997439{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}”]Maryland National Guard members of Bravo Company 2nd Battalion, 20th Special Forces Group participated in a 24-hour, 40-mile GORUCK challenge Nov. 22-23, 2014, to raise money for the SSG Matthew (Blackbeard) Pucino Memorial Foundation and the Green Beret Foundation.
The event took place in Hampstead, Md. and started at 3:00 p.m. on the 22nd and ending at 3:00 p.m. the following day.

On Nov. 23, 2009, Pucino laid down his life to free the oppressed. While on a combat patrol in the vicinity of Pashay Kala, Afghanistan, an improvised explosive device struck his all-terrain vehicle, thus ending his warrior’s mission. Pucino was a Special Forces Operational Detachment-Alpha Intelligent Sergeant, earning numerous awards and commendations for bravery and acts of meritorious.

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