It's an Instagram take over by the Auburn student veterans marching in ๐๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ง ๐๐ฎ๐๐ค ๐๐๐๐!
๐บ๐ธ To raise awareness of veteran suicides, military veterans from auburnu and univofalabama will put down their rivalry and pick up their packs to once again, march 151 miles from Tuscaloosa to Auburn! Each participant will be carrying 22 lbs. of food, gloves, socks and toiletries* to represent the (average) 22 veteran suicides committed every day in Alabama.
Operation Iron Ruck will begin today at 0800 on the field of Bryant-Denny Stadium and will end Saturday on the field of Jordan-Hare Stadium.
Members of the wardamnveterans and the uacva are partnering with Alabama's Challenge, an official program of the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs designed to help combat the veteran suicide epidemic in our state.
๐งค ๐งฆ ๐ฅซ *This year, contents of the ruck sacks will be donated to mission22, 3.hots.and.a.cot and veteran assisted living facilities in Tuskegee.
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