The patch of the week is the Weirdo patch which was purchased off of the GR SkyMall for $8 or $10 shipped. Proceeds from the sales of the patch went to support the Green Beret Foundation.
Every time I see this patch I think of Cadre John aka Big Daddy. During the near entirety of ABSOC 001 he would not once let up about how weird we were being. No matter what we were doing we were all just a bunch of weirdos to him… and he let us know it. This was especially true when we were screwing something up… which seemed to be a lot of the time (one of the difficulties of a 165 person class). Even though this patch wasn’t made on behalf of Cadre John every time I see it I always first think of him chasing us down and calling us all weirdos.
The second piece of this patch is the more clear meaning… that the person wearing it is a weirdo. I’m pretty sure anyone who has done a GORUCK event has earned the right to wear this patch because, let’s face it, it takes a special kind of person to sign up, show up, and complete one of those events. Sometimes I try and imagine what other people think when they see us charging down the street carrying logs, boats, and who knows what else. I usually imagine they’re thinking that those people carrying huge logs through cities are just a bunch of weirdos…