UA VIP program graduate completes 68-mile Ruck for Veteran Suicide Awareness

Jacob Blankenship on his 68-mile Ruck for Veteran Suicide Awareness

Jacob Blankenship, U.S. Marine veteran, United Association Veterans in Piping (UA VIP) Camp Pendleton program graduate and member of Plumbers, Pipefitters and Service Technicians Local 776, Lima, Ohio, organized a 68-mile ruck for veteran suicide awareness.  Blankenship was a Field Radio Operator with the 2nd Battalion 1st Marines. After he read the book Tribe: On