Airmen to participate in "Ruck March to Remember" Published July 26, 2011 By Wayne Crenshaw 78 ABW/PA ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- 78th Security Forces members will participate in a unique event to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. The 2,181-mile Ruck March to Remember began July 12 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas and will end Sept. 1 at Ground Zero in New York. The march is broken into 15 legs, with each leg handled by security forces squadrons from Air Force bases along the route. Volunteers from the 78th SFS will march a 146-mile leg beginning in Plains, Ga., on Aug. 9 and ending in Louisville, Ga., on Aug. 13. Although the weather will be hot, and the march will certainly give participants a good workout, it won't be quite as grueling as it might sound. Senior Airman Josh McCarty, SFS entry controller, said participants will be following in a vehicle and swap marching duties throughout the day. They will end each day's march at 8 p.m., post a marker for the location, and return the next morning to pick it up again. McCarty said the squadron currently has 16 volunteers, but he is hoping to have at least 30 so different teams can go out each day. "Sept. 11 is one of the reasons I joined the military, and I thought it would be a nice gesture to honor the soldiers who have fallen," McCarty said, explaining why he volunteered. Other bases participating are Randolph AFB, Texas; Barksdale AFB, La.; Keesler AFB, Miss.; Columbus AFB, Miss.; Eglin AFB, Fla.; Tyndal AFB, Fla.; Moody AFB; Pope AFB, N.C.; Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C.; Langley AFB, Va.; Andrews AFB, Washington; Dover AFB, Del.; and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J.