VOL. 1 ISSUE 1 • APRIL 2020 THE GET RIGHT

The Official Newsletter of F3JAX, F-L-A

The mission of F3 is to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership. The F3 Credo: Leave no man behind, but This issue: leave no man where you find him. Words from our Nantan PAGE 02 Fitness in the time of COVID Core Value of the Month PAGE 03 CSAUP CONCEPT: GROUP IS STRONGER THAN PAGE 04-05 INDIVIDUAL AO Updates PHRASE: WE LOCK SHIELDS TO PAGE 06-08 STRENGTHEN THE WHOLE, TO Value of the Q Source PROTECT THE INJURED, AND TO PAGE 09 WATCH OUR FLANKS; GUARDING AGAINST A WORLD INTENT ON JAX PAX of the Month ATTACK. PAGE 10-11 Core Value QUOTE: "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED PAGE 12-13 WE FALL." PATRICK HENRY The SIX Words from the Nantan BY HEISENBERG “Have you tried to perform a hard reset?” The woman at the helpless desk asked as I was informing her my iPad wouldn’t "If you fell connect to the VPN. It’s always the first suggestion they provide when you are desperate enough to call. It might apply to our current situation right now. As your down Nantan, making the call to shut down all AO’s was a most difficult decision for many reasons. First of all, I like so many yesterday, others, didn’t want to admit that this was as dire as the media portrayed. Second, I realized how much my routine would be altered. And third, I love everything about F3 and stand up what it means to me every day. But after a few weeks, I believe that the SkyQ has revealed to me a few things. I today." value my comfort, routine, happiness, and space way too much! Quarantine will expose what makes you happy or unhappy rather quickly. It has been a RESET for me in many H.G. WELLS ways and I hope for you too. How do I engage my M, my 2.0’s my neighbors, cashiers, bag boys, restaurant servers, and of course teachers, now that I value what they do more than ever? We talk about being ready and getting better for times like this. Are you? Is this revealing something in you that needs a reset? More time/effort here, less over there?

PAX, we are not out of the woods yet, and our community needs HIMs who are focused and ready. Where can you step up or out to meet a need? Deliver groceries to a neighbor, donate to a food bank, tip a to-go order >20%. I’m using some of my extra time to walk my neighborhood and pick up trash. It allows me to engage with my community, ask for needs, exercise(ruck) and get right in my head when the “home office” is cramped. I can’t wait to hear what you are doing in your house, hood, or community. Let’s Get Right and Get After It! Aye!

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Fitness in the Time of COVID Words and phrases of the month in the world- 'unprecedented' and 'flatten the curve.' Words of the month in F3JAX- 'adapt and overcome.' The AOs are officially closed to support our community leaders and slow the spread, but F3 fitness goes on. Running groups randomly meeting up in the gloom, ruckers socially distant on the beach, and best of all- virtual Qs. Big T Claps to Flo and Saigon Sam for kicking off JAX Zoom workouts and all those who have stepped up to Q and to post. Great to see PAX from across our region getting after it together. T CLAPS

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T CLAPS

The first Annual F3 JAX endurance challenge CSAUP went down on January 18th, 2020 as Aquaman released the Kraken. Nearly 60 PAX from every JAX AO completed the event through varioPuHsO TmO eB Ya nMsA RoTfI Nl oRc. oS MmI ToHtion including rucking, running and biking from JAX Beach to Mickler’s Landing and back (~16.5 miles). The event promoted F3 JAX's mission to plant, grow and serve small workout groups for the invigoration of male community leadership. And over $1300 was raised for the Trinity Rescue Mission. Trinity's mission is to meet the physical, material, and spiritual needs of the over 1,800 homeless men, women, and children in Northeast Florida with the love and compassion of the gospel of Jesus Christ. Thanks to the M’s and 2.0’s that came out to cheer and (wo)man the power stations. Huge T-Claps to Aquaman for being a HIM and making it happen. Be ready for next year.

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Kracken Donna Full Marathon Donna Half Marathon Gate River Run Spartan Sprint Spartan Super

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Boondocks

YHC will never forget a Twister Q where he led the pax THROUGH a lake… yes THROUGH, not around, not over… but THROUGH! While the lake was slightly above waste level for some, it was chest deep for others (including YHC). Of course, one of the best, and worst, moments at Boondocks thus far had to have been P H O T O B Y M A R T I N R . S M I T H being heckled by a 7 or 8-year-old kid sitting at the top of the jungle gym dome. I encourage all PAXof F3JAX to check us out at Boondocks. While you never know what part of the While Boondocks may be one of the park we will be using each Saturday, you youngest AOs in F3 Jacksonville (coming up can almost guarantee there’s a good on 2 years in June), it has a lot to offer, chance there will be “Fixit” burpees! especially in terms of real estate. We have four football/soccer fields, three grass and ThunderDome (Tuesday/boot camp) one turf field, two complete with goal posts Hurt Locker (Friday/ruck) (which have been used). We even have a Boondocks (Saturday/boot camp) baseball field and before the fence, had All at Julington Creek Plantation Park access to a basketball court. We have

“Pusher” berms, a playground and benches, -FEUD and plenty of parking lots for some “Updraft” shuffles. In the past year, the Pax of Boondocks have developed into HIMs. They’re not just stepping up to Q, but they are pushing each other to come up with challenging beatdowns. Several of them (Doink and Extinguisher, I am talking about you- I do place myself in this category as well) call themselves non-runners but tend to incorporate a lot of running in their beatdowns. Doink has also stepped up to help on the IT side of things for F3JAX. Our very own Aquaman was the brainchild behind the first F3 Jacksonville CSAUP event- the Kraken! Then there’s Twister, the bad ass who had the gumption to bring F3 to Julington Creek Plantation Park.

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Sure the parks are This month’s theme, United We Stand, closed. Locked tight Divided We Fall could not be more even. But you know appropriate. The healthiness of Poseidon what isn’t closed? The remains as we go through this transition indomitable spirit of F3. period and the addition of a Hard Nocs Q on Saturdays. While the Pax has been Just like the swallows of Capistrano always divided (Starfish I think), it still attracts return, Downtown Pax seem to find their between 8-15 Pax every Saturday. Because way back to an AO. (Keeping a 6-8’ of CSAUP’s, the rhythm of Saturday’s has separation of course!). Perhaps its habit, or been a bit interrupted, but it remains a could it be the desire to not return to the welcome respite for those who need an pre-F3 existence of the Sad-Clown? outlet. When we get back into full swing, we will commit to the principles and core Iron sharpens Iron values of the group so THE PAX and last week a understands what F3 is truly about as I group of brothers believe the dissemination of information oddly all showed up has not been as consistent as it could be. randomly at the same place at the Secondly, we will focus on more co-Q’s same time to help and new Q’s and may flirt with the idea of search for a missing item. The lost item assigning leadership once a month(in wasn’t found, but we did discover this out of advance), so the leadership piece of F3 place hairpiece. Was it a random tumble- can be experienced as it was meant to be. weave? Was it meant to be a hair transplant Also ask and receive information from but never found its new owner? We’ll never fellow Pax as how to get more FNG’s to know! post.

Speaking of iron sharpening, - PAPA SMURF the Q Source is ongoing. After your virtual beatdown, log in to ZOOM every Thursday at 0630 and get your weekly dose of brotherly love. Bring your own coffee!

- BOWZER

THE GET RIGHT PAGE 06 HardNocs HardNocs AO was founded on Monday HardNocs on Mission September 9th, 2019 and meets Monday at 0530 and Saturday at 0700. The group YHC and Son of SAM (my son) had the spun off from Badlands to serve the privilege of attending F3 led Mission trip to growing number of PAX coming that live in Chimbote, Peru January 25th through Nocatee and improve accountability. February 2nd with a team of 19 men from across the F3 Nation. We built houses, P H O T O B Y M A R T I N R . S M I T H worked at a soup kitchen, taught leadership, led workouts with the local men and took a group of challenged adults/children to the beach.

Chimbote, Peru and is an area that struggles with extreme poverty. In Q1 of 2020 the attendance at HardNocs This was truly an has been averaging 10 on Monday with the incredible highest being 15, and 13 on Saturday with experience and I the highest being 22. T-Claps to Bloomer, highly recommend who has most Q’s YTD with 8 (including 2 this mission trip to co-Qs with his brother Sofa). On the JAX PAX next Saturday’s a few PAX have been meeting year! for pre-workout 3-4-mile ruck, we often have some 2.0’s join the workout and we have coffeeteria at Dunkin or Panera Bread. T CLAPS

At the end of February, we began doing “Meathead Monday’s” focusing workouts on strength training circuits. Dumbbells, Kettlebells, Rucks with Ruck plates and Battle Ropes! Get Some! We also have a group of PAXs meeting unofficially on Friday mornings at 0530 to ruck or run. These sub-groups have the makings of Shield Locks which is covered in detail in the Q Source. We encourage our PAX to The year started with a bang as HardNocs develop your Shield lock for acceleration PAX participated in a convergence of the and accountability across all areas! “Iron beach AO’s on New Year’s Day at Poseidon Sharpens Iron”! led by McDreamy. We enjoyed the beatdown and a few of us did a post SEMPER FI - SAIGON SAM workout beach ruck to prep for the Kraken!

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The Badlands AO shut down on March 23 Badlands and Hard Nocs will continue into and since that time have reconvened and the future and all of F3JAX is welcome to combined with the Hard Nocs and other join. The meeting invites go out daily on JAX AOs to workout virtually. A huge Slack. We pray the SkyQ takes all of this thanks to Flo for recommending Zoom for pandemic away soon so we can figure out the new virtual AO. He also took the first Q what the new normal looks like. Until that and we had 18 PAX join the fun. After time, stay safe, stay healthy and keep another virtual WO later in the week, the posting to F3. And by all means if you PAX decided to hold WO’s six days a week need anything, are isolated or find yourself with various PAX taking the Q. No issues in need of someone to talk to reach out to with finding Q’s which prompted one of your F3 brethren. McDreamy to pronounce, “Maybe we should stay virtual even after the - FULL MONTY pandemic is over.” I don’t think it will catch on as most of the PAX at Badland anPdH O HTaOr BdY N MoAcRsT IaNr eR .w SaMyI TtHoo social for that. After the first week of WO’s, the virtual AO is averaging 12 PAX per workout.

One of the great things happening is PAX are still inviting FNG’s and they are posting. The leader in the clubhouse is Zamboni who seems to have an FNG every time he posts, which is most every day. Overall, the mood of the WO and PAX has been positive and most have expressed thankfulness for the F2 piece of F3. The COT times have been full of encouragement to the PAX especially those on the front lines, Focker, Bloomer and others I am probably forgetting. I believe leading during this time is stretching us all as leaders of our family, businesses and community. Even preparing as a Q has taken on different challenges. Instead of checking the AO is clear or setting up obstacles or cones, we are checking that the technology is working and we have it set up correctly. Can the PAX hear me, will I be able to see them, is the camera angle right so they can follow, etc. This is what we are made for and what F3 is all about in developing us as men.

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THE VALUE OF THE Q-SOURCE

I am fortunate to have been part of the launch of F3 here in Jacksonville, so I have been at this for coming up on 5 years! Happy Anniversary to the Jax Region! In that time – I read part of the “Freed to Lead” and participated in Grow Ruck 01. We had some good coffeteria gatherings – doing some reading together, discussing, etc. Also got injured (thanks Jumanji) and had to be outP fHoOrT aO wB Yh iMleA.R BT IuNt Rfo. Sr MthI ToHse 5 years, while I enjoyed the benefits of getting into shape, I didn’t really “get” the rest of the leadership parts of F3 and how the whole thing worked together to make us High Impact Men.

Then we started the Q Source last year. And, to be honest, in the beginning it was hard to get through some of the arcane language that Dredd creates. But, we all stuck with it and, for me, things started to click. The four quadrants of leadership (Get Right, Live Right, Lead Right, Leave Right) and all the different ways F3 teaches them are really, when you see it, ingenious. The whole idea of how we are prepared to lead by subjecting ourselves to chaos (such as random workouts generated by a random Q) in the early morning, taking that daily red pill, how discipline actually frees us, etc…All of it really comes together to help us become better men and leaders in our community. BUY So, spending Thursday mornings talking through this stuff with other guys and thinking about the whole F3 package has really been good. In fact, I’ve drank the cool-aid and am proselytizing this process at work. I keep bringing up the whole part of – have a standard, teach the standard, measure against the standard, hold accountable to the standard. It is simple, but I find at my day job – we simply are not doing it. There a lot of good lessons in the Q Source. I don’t think I’d have read it on my own (kind of like never finishing Freed To Lead!). And even if I had, it would have been way less valuable than the time bouncing the ideas and concepts off other men. If you have not read through the Q Source and had coffeteria time with men discussing it – get on it!

Best line in the Q Source – “You can’t lead when your hands are on your knees and you are sucking wind.”

-Eileen

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MEET EILEEN, JAX PAX OF THE MONTH I N T E R V I E W B Y S E A T D O W N

SeatDown: How did you first come to F3? Eileen: So a friend of mine, Deadbolt up in the Cary, North Carolina area. He EH'd me before Jacksonville even started. He said it's starting, to get involved, so I did

SeatDown: So you're one of the founding fathers!? Eileen: I am, absolutely

SeatDown: Right on! How did you get your name? Is it true that you were named Eileen because you still live with your 95-year-old aunt? Eileen: Ha, No. Its that I had a hurt my calf at the time and most of the time something is hurt and so they were joking that I-Lean. I thought was pretty good.

SeatDown: Doesn't your calf always hurt now? Eileen: Absolutely, it's sore today

SeatDown: Tell us about your family life. Eileen: So married with three kids. My youngest is just turning 18 today. I'm a twin and have a sister that lives in town.

SeatDown: What do you do during the day? Eileen: I am a coastal engineer

SeatDown: Favorite exercise? Eileen: Carolina drydock

SeatDown: Seriously?… it's one of the worst SeatDown: One thing you are thankful for from F3?

Eileen: Wes Bowling a.k.a. SeatDown because he's doing interviews and other things to help us all out.

THE GET RIGHT PAGE 10 JAX PAX OF THE MONTH, CONTINUED SeatDown:I semi except that answer… I'll rephrase: What have you seen as a positive impact of F3 in the world around you or one of the other brothers? Eileen: So, I love seeing new guys come in and they get engaged and then, physically, when they start to see that they can do the workouts and they can really start to see themselves growing in their leadership. It really is true that by mastering the first F they started leading

One word answers: SeatDown: Who has better hair Pyro or McDreamy? Eileen: McDreamy "It really is true, that by SeatDown: What's the best name in F3? mastering Eileen: Drone, it is just a cool nickname the first F SeatDown:It is cool… and unfair they started Eileen: Why SeatDown, you sound bitter leading." SeatDown: Yes it's totally unfair to have such a bad-a name Eileen: Gees, sorry I asked

SeatDown: Why do you keep coming back? Eileen: For all three of the Fs. I'm really enjoy the fitness part; it's a great workout that I would never do on my own but I enjoyed the fellowship time too. It gives us community and it really does stimulate male leadership.

SeatDown:Last Words? Eileen: Just remember the last Q Source. Dredd is always talks about we are either accelerating or decelerating; either going up the hill or you are going down the hill and I really do think that's true. I have seen it in the last year and I've really come to understand what they're talking about. I encourage everyone to read the Q Source. I think it's been really good for me to put some words around what I'm thinking and I've seen what that looks like in my own spiritual life, leadership life and physical life.

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Q Source [Q1.7] ShieldLock pg 55-58 It is not a hurricane or a flood, where we can -The horizontal relationship between use our physical strength to prepare and then men. to recover our families and communities. This -The elemental fact of who we are has enemy is insidious because it attacks the physical bonds between our shields, making never changed. The HIM locks his shield our brothers a potential threat by infecting his with other HIMs to protect the people body and thus threatening yours. Like any behind the wall. predator, it tries to force us into isolation to This is why we join the F3 phalanx. Why we fight alone. join our brothers in the gloom morning after We cannot physically stand shoulder to morning. Why we build the strength to hold shoulder in this battle. This battle is a mental, the shield. And why we even pick up a shield- emotional, and spiritual one. And the enemy is not for yourself, but to link it to your brother's legion- the virus itself, fear, panic, isolation, shield to form a wall against an enemy. To stress, and uncertainty. And lurking in the protect what is behind that wall- 2.0s, Ms, shadows, waiting for his moment, is your parents, grandparents, the infirm and high personal Jester- porn, alcohol, food, drugs. risk, your brother with cancer. Because this is his time to rise in the chaos. But if the man to the right and left is a stranger or an 'acquaintance' or a 'buddy,' you This battle requires something that is do not know if he will drop his shield and run, antithetical to our natures as F3 men- physical and he wonders the same of you. To truly lock inactivity and emotional exertion. I am not your shield he must be known at a depth suggesting sloth and sliding back into your beneath the superficial, because in our society pleated fat pants. I assume the King and the enemy attacks men beneath the surface. Queen are honored members of your family That is why they are called SadClowns- and will remain so. But this is not an enemy because the superficial belies the truth. Worse you can do something physically active to is if an enemy approaches and you turn to find fight, and in fact to protect the vulnerable no one standing next to you. Because you behind our wall, we must humble ourselves to failed to get ready for the expected while less physical movement. This battle is mental being ready for the unexpected [F5]. Then you and emotional, which for men proves a much are left alone to protect those behind the wall. more difficult fight. The courage we must have Your shield will get heavy in life, you cannot for those behind our wall is the courage of hold it up alone. empathy, sensitivity, patience and kindness. None of these are easy or natural for me, and I This enemy is an insidious, creeping thing, would guess the same is true for many of my invisible and impossible to fight with the brothers. My shield is heavy. physical.

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We are the leaders that people are looking to APRIL to get them through this. And as leaders we CONCEPT: GROUP IS STRONGER THAN are not only thinking about our own jobs and INDIVIDUAL families, but about everyone in our companies PHRASE: WE LOCK SHIELDS TO jobs and families. You're tired, you're taking STRENGTHEN THE WHOLE, TO PROTECT THE INJURED, AND TO risk, you're making decisions and the shield WATCH OUR FLANKS; GUARDING gets heavy. Don't drop your shield, call a AGAINST A WORLD INTENT ON ATTACK. brother to lock it with and keep it off the QUOTE: "UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED ground. WE FALL." PATRICK HENRY

Isolation is a powerful threat. In my corona life, I find myself constantly surrounded by family, MAY but isolated as they look up at me for answers. CONCEPT: NEXT MAN IN I go into work and they look to me for answers, PHRASE: WE ARE ALWAYS EH-ING TO each person with their own individual fears. FIND THE NEXT MAN WHO NEEDS TO PICK UP A SPEAR AND SHIELD AND JOIN THE PHALANX. If an enemy can isolate one from the phalanx, QUOTE: "NOT WE THAT ARE STRONG that one is easy to attack, and if enough are HAVE THE DUTY TO BEAR THE isolated the phalanx disintegrates. We are WEAKNESSES OF OTHERS AND NOT SEEK OUR OWN PLEASURE." physically separated, physically isolated, but if ROMANS 15:1 we are willing and brave, we do not have to be socially isolated. To lose the 2nd F that allows JUNE us to support one another's shields. CONCEPT: I AM 3RD We are blessed to live in a society and time PHRASE: WE ARE NOT THE CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE, BUT RATHER SIMPLE that provides many ways to connect, so do not MEN GIFTED IN ORDER TO SERVE OUR waste it. Do not leave your brother to an COMMUNITY AND WORLD. isolated battle. QUOTE: "YOUR OWN GLORY IS MUCH TOO SMALL A THING TO LIVE FOR." ANDY STANLEY As Dredd says 'be that somebody.'

JULY - JUMANJI CONCEPT: SERVICE PHRASE: WE CHANGE OURSELVES TO CHANGE EACH OTHER TO CHANGE JACKSONVILLE. QUOTE: "A LIFE NOT LIVED FOR OTHERS IS NOT A LIFE." MOTHER TERESA

THE GET RIGHT PAGE 13 THE 6 Words from the "Editor" -JUMANJI "Be that A few notes about The Get Right. The objectives are listed below. Like all other F3 efforts this will succeed or fail based on the voluntary action of HIMs. Frequency of release was originally somebody." targeted at monthly, but that is not feasible. Current thinking is every other month or quarterly. DREDD The intent is for participation and input from across F3JAX. Think it sucks? Contribute. Have an idea? Contribute. Have something to say? Contribute. Send me ideas, articles, pictures and thoughts on Slack. F3 is not passive consumerism.

Objectives: Improve regional information sharing Build a regional identity Connect PAX from different AOs Support the mission: plant, grow and serve small workout groups for men for the invigoration of male community leadership

Use the link below to- submit nominees for PAX achievements- eg, a Pax who made a significant contribution to the community, achieved a significant health milestone since joining F3, etc. respond to the Nantan’s (or other writers) comments. Submit questions for the Nantan, or just mercilessly heckle him. volunteer to write an article for the next edition or pitch ideas

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You can also contact the editorial staff on Slack (@jumanji)

My favorite story and picture of the quarter is of Saigon Sam and Son of Sam on the F3 mission trip to Peru, because that's what it's all about boys.

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