Category: Pre-Blast

Annual Thanksgiving Day Convergence

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Date : Thanksgiving morning 11/22

Time : 6am

AO : The Ranch (Springfield Elementary School)

 

Before you place that turkey in the oven on Thanksgiving Day come celebrate with your F3 brothers for a Convergence at the Ranch!  Change Order and McGruff will be cooking up some post beatdown turkey for some solid 2nd F right after.  Our Nantan Cakeboss will be able to share a few words of encouragement for us all.

We’ll have several Qs taking care of you during the 40 minutes.

Your exceptional Qs will be:

Old Bay – Cornerstone – Jiffy – Longshanks!

Running options from the start will be available.

Head this way before your Turkey Trot’s in Baxter or in York.

-Royale

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November of 2K LBCs for Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS)

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Hello PAX:

This past September some of you all participated in the September of 1,000 burpees to raise money for Let Me Run, for whom Double D was running the NYC Marathon. Awesome stuff! You all helped him raise over $12,000 for Let Me Run. AMAZING!

Now I ask for your help. Welcome to the November of 2,000 LBCs!

Since November is a month which we usually stuff ourselves with holiday blessings, no better way to work off those extra calories than some ab work.

Why:
This January 2019, I will be running in my 4th marathon at the Walt Disney World Marathon Week in Orlando, FL. But this event will be a very special one for me and many others. I will be running the marathon for the LLS Team in Training (TnT), in memory of my late father, Carl Ransone, Sr., who went to The Lord in December 2002 after losing his battle with leukemia. It’s been almost 16 years since he is gone, but the loss still hurts. In his honor and memory I pledged to raise funds for the LLS so we can all help find a cure for blood bore diseases and help others fight their good fight.

What:
If you choose to participate, you will be committed to complete 2,000 LBCs – not lying down head/neck bobs, get those abs working and use proper form please. That’s 66.7 per day, over the course of 30 days.

Link to Sign Up:

https://goo.gl/forms/uWafx1ySwxsE4zZo1

Tracking Your LBCs:
You can track them how you feel best suits you. I will try to put out a Google Doc but I cannot promise that. This is an honor-based pledge event. Hold yourself accountable.

Pledge and Payment:
For every LBC you are short of the 2K goal come 11/30, you can either pledge a per LBC donation or a flat amount to my LLC TnT fundraiser. All money will go to LLS TnT. I will provide a link to my fundraising site near the 11/30 deadline.

On behalf of everyone affected by the scourge of blood borne cancers, sincerely thank you for your time, effort, and hard earned money. You WILL help find a cure!!

SPREAD THE WORD!!
GIT ‘R DUN!
Thank you and God bless,
– NASA

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Pre-Christmas party gathering

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As we’re all anxiously awaiting the upcoming Christmas Party, and our beloved Fast5 has been postponed, I wanted to throw out an informal get together where F3 brothers, along with their M’s, can share a beverage and some laughs.  For those of you who haven’t been to the Christmas party in the past, it’s a really great time!  If your M’s are a little hesitant on the Christmas party right now, or you’re getting the “I’m not sure if I want to go because I don’t know anyone”, this is a great way to introduce the M’s so they know a few friendly faces before the Christmas Party.

And if you’re not able to attend the Christmas Party, you’ll at least be able to get together with some of your F3 PAX along with their significant others.  So even if you and your M know everyone (which I’m guessing is not the case), still bring yourself and/or your significant other and plan on a good time!

Details:

Place: Amor Artis Brewing, 204 Main St suite 101, Fort Mill, SC 29715
Date: Friday, November 2nd
Time: 6:00pm-10:00pm (or until you decide to leave)
Website: https://amorartisbrewing.com/

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Introducing Turn the Page

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  • QIC: Gekko
  • When: 11/13/2018
  • Posted In: Pre-Blast

Introducing Turn The Page!

What is it you ask? Turn the Page is the newest 3rd F offering,  where we will be semi-regularly choosing a book to read together over the period of a month and then we will join together to discuss the book.

When you ask? Our first meeting is planned for Tuesday November 13th at 7:00pm to 9:00ish

Where you ask? We will be meeting at the Eternal Church office, lovingly know as The Shack

Who can come you ask? Turn the page is open to all Pax and FNGs are welcome

What book are we reading you ask?  For the first installment of Turn the Page we are jumping into the deep end and will be reading The Screwtape Letters by CS Lewis

So your next steps are to purchase the book(if you don’t already own it), next, read the book prior to Nov 13th , and be prepared to come together to share your thoughts, struggles, likes, dislikes, etc..

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Charter Band-aids for Little Warriors – PreBlast

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As most of the PAX in the Fort and Rock regions knows my 5 year old daughter (Emma) is a leukemia survivor. We still make a trip every 4 weeks to get blood drawn to check her counts at Levine Children’s Hospital. We also stepped up and raised money last year (Christmas time) for a fellow brother bout-time out of Area 51 son Jennings who has leukemia also.

It has come to my attention that the budgets have been cut in some of the pediatric departments and the first thing to go is usually the character band aids. You say how important is to have these band-aids? Well as far as the cancer kids go every time the have their PORT’s (Port is a small medical appliance that is installed beneath the skin. A catheter connects the port to a vein) which for some kids is traumatic they get a band-aid over it. For others that are done with treatment such as my daughter Emma has to go back for the next 21 years to get checked (mainly blood counts). This not always easy for instance this past Wednesday she was poked 3 times. Well at the end the band aid can put a smile on a child’s face. This also goes for those kiddos that have to constantly get blood work done not just cancer kids.

So what I am challenging you to do is every week you go grocery shopping buy at least one box or more of character band-aids girls or boys. Also Spread the word in every COT. I will tweet out what AO’s I will be at and if anyone wants to step up and help me collect that would be awesome.

I also challenge others in different regions to pull together and do the same thing. My goal is to gather as much as possible and split it between Levine Children’s Hospital and Novant Health Hemby Children’s Hospital (St. Jude Affiliate Clinic) before Christmas.

Let a simple act of kindness put a smile on a little fighters face.

AYE. Lets do this.

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Pre-blast – Custom Dark Side of the Moon GORUCK

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Pax,
We put out a feeler and the Nation responded, you are eager and hungry for a CUSTOM GORUCK event in 2019. Details have been set for a truly unique event and event registration is now open.
The next Fort region CUSTOM GORUCK event, “The Dark Side of the Moon” will occur on the weekend of May 4th, 2019. The event is being spearheaded by our respectable CSPAN and soon to be respectable Cobra Kia, both of whom will be 50 years young on the event, plus a few others. Like the Pink Floyd album, which claims to reflect various stages of life, begging and ending with a heartbeat, exploring the nature of human experience, this custom F3 event will not disappoint.

Here’s what you need to know on event details (available at this time):
–Target Date: 5/4/19
–Event Format: this will be a one of a kind GORUCK format including three (3) different event lengths into a single event, first a Heavy (24 hr event) group will launch, then 12 hrs later the Tough group will join in and then 6 hrs after that the Light group will join in. So, three launch times, one for each event but each group will join in the single event, such that all three groups finish the event as a single group of pax. The Heavy is 24 hrs in duration, the Tough group is 12 hrs and the Light group is 6 hrs.
–Cadres: this a single event with two GORUCK Cadre, hand selected.
–Patches: yes, there will be custom event patches! You will only each one (1) patch, you will a single patch for the event you sign up and complete, i.e. the Heavy, Tough or Light.
–Location: will be Fort Mill or the surrounding area.
–Event Cap: GORUCK has a cap of 60 total participants, the Heavy is capped at 30 participants.
–Pricing: registration pricing has been set at $200 for Heavy, $125 for Tough, $75 for Light. Please note that the event is a flat fee charge from GORUCK, we do run the risk of under collecting costs, but based on interest expressed, that shouldn’t be a problem. Any funds collected above the flat fee charge from GORUCK, will be used for the required community service event, F3 patches and can either be refunded or donated with input from the PAX. Event pricing is in-line to GORUCK non-custom events.
–Registration: there is a two-step registration process, you must complete both steps in order to register for this event,
–Step 1 – send payment of the full amount via PayPal to WorldWide Leader, URL = https://www.paypal.me/JustinLaRoche
–Step 2 – send an email to WordWide Leader at Justin.LaRoche@Duke-Energy.com that way I can confirm receive of payment and we will need your email address to provide communication and updates on the event.

Upon successful completion of registration, PAX will be added to the public list of event participants, all pax can see who is registered and who is not and apply EHing as necessary.

Hollar with any questions, concerns or ideas.

Aye, WWL
Twitter – @jclaroche2

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Pre-Blast: The Fort Region 2018 Christmas Party

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  • QIC: Anchorman, Cake Boss, Old Bay, Royale, Gecko
  • When: 12/01/2018
  • Posted In: Pre-Blast, The Fort

2ND F….. AKA FELLOWSHIP TO CELEBRATE THE YEAR AND BLESSINGS.
The Thang:

Meet up at Regal Manor Clubhouse for a diet beatdown at 6:30 pm

Warmup with some meetin’ and greetin’.

Mosey to the buffet line for catered fine foods (menu in works). Partner carry plate to table and fellowship.

3 hrs of Live Music  delivering the hits. Mumble chatter welcome.

Moleskin:

F3 is awesome and it makes us all better. We have such and awesome community of PAX and so many new men, that we need to come together and celebrate. 2nd ‘F’ is Fellowship. That means hanging together, enjoying conversation and having a good time. Make every effort to be part of events like this. Because #ISI.

Details:

Place: Regal Manor Clubhouse 549 Starlight Drive Fort Mill, SC 29715
Date: Saturday December 1st
Time: 6:30pm-10:30pm
Cost: $30/person——->$35 after 11/24
Includes: Facility, Tables/Chairs, Food, Music
Menu:
Smoked Beef Tenderloin
Mashed Potato Bar
Spring mix salad
Green Beans
Rolls
Sweet Tea
Fruit Infused Water

BYOB – No bar this year…responsible for own drinks

  • CONTEST FOR PRIZES!!!!
    1. Ugly Sweater Contest – voted by all in attendance awarded after dinner
    2. Dessert Contest – Voted by ballot and awarded after dinner (cookies, cakes, pies)

Dress: Nice Casual or crush velvet red suit

Instructions – RSVP is required, so please follow these steps:

  1. Sign up using this form.
  2. Pay ($60/couple or $30/person) via this PayPal page.
  3. Bring to the party the following school supplies as a donation to Foundation of Fort Mill Schools for local families in need. Program called “Classroom Ready”
    1. Graph paper
    2. Composition Notebooks
    3. Back Packs: Eastport at Walmart is $15-$18
    4. Plastic Folders with pockets and brads
    5. Binders: 2 inch or 1.5 inch
    6. Expo Dry-Erase Markers
    7. Other items like ear buds and calculators (graphic, scientific or basic) are always requested by students, too, but we do not have enough of these to include them in our backpacks.

Questions? Contact Cake Boss or Anchorman

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The Bacon is Back!

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  • QIC: Anchorman
  • When: 10/27/2018
  • Posted In: Pre-Blast

Are you man enough to run 1k?

The fastest CSAUP in all of F3 Nation returns for another trip around the track.  Fast 5!

You and 4 teammates run, ruck, walk (in Jedi’s case on his hands) a total of 5k.

The only requirement is that one Pax on your team must be EITHER over 200 lbs or a respectable (50 and over).

Also NEW this year since we are just before Halloween, if the team adds some costuming into their attire, they will get a time bonus.  What does that mean?  I have no idea.  This was Zima’s add on and you know how he is.   I just bring the bullhorn and bacon.

Families welcome to come watch.  It’s an hour or so from start to finish – inc a kids run around the track after so have them wear sneakers!

We are currently still securing a location – just know it will be at a track at one of the Fort Mill schools Saturday October 27 at 9am.  Sign up now!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSelRAT64BLadNwYSSl_3qqcDsfrHfYLXe6Zfm3y0ehYDSvCRg/viewform

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The Fort 6 year Anniversary Convergence –9/29/2018

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  • QIC: Wegmans, Funhouse, Jwow, Twister, Flux, Assassin
  • When: 09/29/2018
  • Posted In: Pre-Blast, The Fort

9/29/2012—-9/29/2018

On Saturday September 29th, The Fort celebrates 6 years of F3 in the Fort Mill, Lake Wylie and beyond. We are pulling together the PAX from across the region for a 1st F Convergence with Pre-Ruck Option and Pre-Run Option  at the mother-ship, Walter Elisha Park (The Fort) where it all started.

This event is a great opportunity to EH and bring new guys out. Continue to give it away.

Besides pre-ruck and run options, we will have 6 Qs for 6 years. This will be Rapid Fire and moving quick, but we have Qs that represent history, character, strength and future of The Fort.

Talk it up in all COTs and 2nd/3rd Fs!!

Here’s the Plan:

WHAT: Pre-Ruck

  • Q: Trucker
  • Time: 0615
  • Launch from Panera

WHAT: Pre-Run

  • Q: Cake Boss
  • Time: 0630
  • Launch from Panera
  • 2-3mi

WHAT: Boot Camp Convergence

  • Q:
    1. Wegmans
    2. Funhouse
    3. Jwow
    4. Twister
    5. Flux
    6. Assassin
  • Time: 0700

WHAT: Coffeteria

  • Q: Double D
  • Time: 0830
  • Panera

6 years of impacting men, families, and community! Its been life changing and worth recognizing.

 

 

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PRE BLAST F3 The Fort 6th Annual Invergence

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Men of  The Fort,

On Friday, September 21st, we will celebrate 6 years of Fitness, Fellowship, and Faith in the Fort Mill area with our annual F3 Invergence party.   Bring a beverage, some food to share, and enjoy a relaxing evening with your brothers.   We’ll have presentations from your local leadership, take a look back at the previous year, and look ahead to what’s in store for 2019  F3 The Fort and F3 Nation.     This is the premier 2nd F event of the year so mark your calendars now,  and plan on being at Rush Pavilion on Friday night, September 21st.

This is a great FNG opportunity!

This is a Pax only event.  Make it up to your M and 2.0’s next weekend.
What:  Fort Mill Invergence (6th anniversary party)
When:  Friday, September 21, 5:30pm – 10:00pm
Where:  Bruce T. Rush Pavillion at the Anne Springs Greenway
Bring:  Food, drink, chair, cash (to cover the pavillion rental/donations to the F3 Foundation)
Please use the link below to RSVP and list what food you will bring:
6th year F3 The Fort Invergence Food Sign Up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4CAFAE2FA7FD0-f3thefort

 

 

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