Bragg WOD Series #4: Nick Rowe’s 30 minutes to Freedom - 4/04/2026
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Bragg WOD Series #4: Nick Rowe’s 30 minutes to Freedom - 4/04/2026


1x burpee every 10 seconds for 30 minutes. Use an interval timer. Total burpees = 180


Scoring: For Completion

Rx: Slick
Elite: Ruck / Vest


Key Conflict: Vietnam War
Notable Action: Captured by Viet Cong on 29 October 1963 as 1LT, executive officer, Detachment A‑23, 5th Special Forces Group
Prisoner of War: Held by Viet Cong for approximately 5 years (about 62 months), 1963–1968
Developer of the U.S. Army Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape (SERE) program for high‑risk personnel and Special Operations forces
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_N._Rowe


5 comments

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Padraig Mee

Thats super cool to hear, Ken!

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Ken Hewett

RX completed. Got to meet Col Rowe at Camp Macall in 1981. He was serving us breakfast. Very humbling experience.

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Jon

That was tougher than I thought!
Rx complete. Have a good weekend all

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Brent

Rx completed. Get some!

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Lenny

Done RX…..

Have a great weekend!!!

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