Pack To Purpose

Both of these men are 6’7”.

The mountain doesn’t care.

720+ miles in. Virginia has humbled them, beaten them up, and kept them coming back for more.

That’s the thing about the trail — it puts everything in perspective real fast. Whatever you’re carrying in your head, the mountain carries more weight. And somehow that helps.

WitchDoctor and LongShot are out here finding out what they’re made of one mile at a time.

Go where you feel small. Come back knowing you’re stronger than you thought.

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$300 keeps a veteran on trail. $75 owns a resupply. Every dollar moves them forward.

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🇺🇸✌🏼726 miles into the Appalachian Trail.✌🏼🇺🇸

Virginia mountains. Sore feet. Burning legs. High morale.

WitchDoctor and LongShot aren’t out here for a hike. They’re out here because the trail does something that nothing else has.

PTSD awareness isn’t a ribbon or a month on a calendar for these two. It’s the conversation at camp after a hard day. It’s pushing through when the brain says stop. It’s choosing to still be here.

726 miles of choosing to still be here.

That smile says everything.

Support the mission 👇
🌐 5thsquad.org → Donate → type “Pack to Purpose” in the comment box

$300 keeps a veteran on trail for another week. $75 owns a resupply. Whatever you’ve got — it all moves them forward.

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🇺🇸✌🏼Good Morning, Beautiful Humans. ☕🇺🇸

Almost 700 miles into the Appalachian Trail and apparently we’ve entered the phase of the mission called: 2 Vets, 1 Tarp.😂

If you’ve never seen PTSD recovery in action, it looks a lot like this. Two grown-ass combat veterans living under a piece of fabric held up by trekking poles, eating gas station snacks, talking about life, and somehow finding peace in the middle of the woods.

The funny part? Most people would call this suffering.

The truth? A year ago, one of these men was fighting battles a whole lot heavier than a backpack.

Almost 700 miles later, they’re still walking.

PTSD doesn’t always look like what people think. Sometimes it looks like laughter under a tarp. Sometimes it looks like miles. Sometimes it looks like finding a reason to get up and keep moving.

Keep stepping, boys.

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🇺🇸✌🏼PTSD Awareness Month✌🏼🇺🇸

Two veterans. One trail. One step at a time.

A year ago, WitchDoctor “Aaron” was fighting a battle most people never saw. Today, he’s over 650 miles into the Appalachian Trail, proving that healing doesn’t always happen in a therapist’s office. Sometimes it happens on a mountain, in the rain, through the pain, one mile at a time.

Alongside him is LongShot, a veteran, trail mentor, and brother who’s spent thousands of miles helping others find their way forward.

This isn’t a vacation. This is work. The kind that saves lives.

PTSD can make you feel alone. The trail reminds you that you aren’t.

For every veteran out there carrying weight nobody can see: keep moving. One more mile. One more day. One more chance.

Pack to Purpose
Hike Far. Live Free. Leave Good.

✌🏼🇺🇸Happy Monday, Beautiful Humans! ☀️🇺🇸

The boys rolled into Pearisburg, Virginia with 600+ miles behind them.

This isn’t a vacation.
This is veterans doing the hard work of healing.

A year ago, Aaron wasn’t sure he wanted another day. Today he’s walking across America with his brothers, proving that purpose can be found one step at a time.

The trail doesn’t fix everything.

But it gives you the space to face it.

600+ miles down. Still moving north.

🇺🇸🤌🏼Good morning beautiful humans!!!

WitchDoctor & LongShot done picked up another trail degenerate along the way. 😂 Nothing like a bunch of veterans voluntarily walking themselves into pain, blisters, rain, and questionable gas station meals for “mental health.”

Welcome to the circus Janusz “Geronimo” — Active Army 2019-2023 and later contracted in Ukraine as a medic. Another hard charger chasing miles and peace at the same damn time.

That’s what this is about. Like-minded people coming together and doing hard s**t instead of sitting still letting life eat them alive.

550+ miles in and the mission keeps growing.
One more mile. One more day. One more chance.

🇺🇸 500 miles in.
Another state. Another chapter of the fight.

WitchDoctor & LongShot are rolling through the Virginia Highlands now after grinding through the Smokies, storms, climbs, and exhaustion. The trail is finally easing up a little and giving them room to breathe.

Kinda like life.

Sometimes the pain lets up just long enough to look back at what you survived before the next climb shows up.

A year ago WitchDoctor was in one of the darkest places of his life. Now he’s 500 miles deep into rebuilding himself one step at a time.

That doesn’t happen alone.

Veterans helping veterans.
Beautiful humans helping beautiful humans.

That’s why Pack to Purpose exists.

Not just to hike.
To heal.
To prove no veteran hikes alone.