Meet the
Freedom OPs TEAM
Danny (Cadre Daniel) Stokes
Director of Freedom Ops / Senior Cadre Event Leader
Danny Stokes aka Linus represents F3 Defiance in Tacoma, WA . Husband and father of four, Danny is a retired Captain from the US Army. In 2016, he led the first F3 GrowRuck challenge and has played a big role in the expansion of the GrowRuck program. In late 2021 Danny designed and orchestrated F3’s Cadre Academy and currently serves as F3’s Cadre Team Leader. Danny excels at motivating F3 men to push through their perceived thresholds to achieve greater levels of physical performance and mental toughness, while simultaneously teaching leadership, teamwork, and communication. Outside of GrowRuck, you’re likely to find Danny on two wheels, pedaling to his next adventure destination.
Jim (Major Payne) Gregory
Cadre / Event Leader
Tim (Bloodhound) Carr
Cadre / Event Leader
Tim Carr aka Bloodhound, also known as Bloodmoon or Bloodbath, calls F3 Cherokee his home region and his first F3 workout was in 2016. He was medically retired from the Army where he served as an 11B then later as an 18B. After getting out, spent some time in California on a Search and Rescue Technical rope team. Following 9/11 he served as a Federal Air Marshal flying out of New York. A few years later moved to Georgia where he joined the local Search and Rescue Team and took a position as the Team Leader. I now spend most of my time holding other men accountable and showing them that they can always do more than they think.
Matt (Anaconda) Chenworth
Cadre / Event Leader
Matt Chenworth aka Anaconda is a graduate of Cadre Academy Class 001. Currently an F3 nomad living in Fort Lauderdale, Anaconda’s path to F3 was through Cadre Linus while working within a veteran non-profit to honor, empower, and motivate our nation’s wounded veterans and law-enforcement officers. After participating as a FNG in GTE 20 San Antonio, Anaconda knew he found a home with F3 Nation and their mission to invigorate male community leadership through fitness, fellowship, and faith.
Jeff (Flight Nurse) Marsh
Cadre / Event Leader
John (Slaughter) Lambert
Cadre / Event Leader
John Lambert aka Slaughter is the current Nantan/CEO of F3 Nation and sits on the Board of Directors. He is a graduate of Cadre Academy Class 001 and has been a Trainer for more than a dozen GTEs and a participant in 14 GTEs. Over the course of his 10-year F3 career he has found no better program for unlocking the potential of individuals and regions than executing a GTE weekend. His core belief of the secret to achieving personal acceleration is to push yourself far outside of your comfort zone to realize new physical, mental, and emotional capabilities. This is best achieved through pain and discomfort administered at the hands of an experienced and loving Cadre. He takes great care and pride in being those hands.
Addison (Motorboat) Haynes
Cadre / Event Leader
Addison Haynes aka Motorboat is a graduate of Cadre Academy Class 001 and calls F3 Indianapolis home and has served as the Nantan for the region. He has served in multiple leadership positions for large and small corporations while leading several new initiatives for medical education in the state. He believes that true character is revealed during a GTE experience that allows a man to know what they are capable of and how to do more than he thought possible.
Michael (Uncle Rico) Ruffing
Cadre / Event Leader
Councial (Akron) Glenn
Cadre / Event Leader
Councial Glenn aka Akron, a graduate of Cadre Academy Class 001, hails from F3 Greensboro and has served as Site Q for Wakanda and 1st F Chair on the SLT for Natville (F3 Greensboro). Akron is a former 11B and served in a Drill Sergeant unit during his time in the military. He strongly believes that a GTE experience will help men realize what they have inside of them when they get punched in the mouth. This realization will unlock the potential in them to become better husbands, fathers and leaders.
Tony (Babyface) Cipriani
Cadre / Event Leader
Tony Cipriani aka Babyface, a graduate of Cadre Academy of Class 001, is proud to call the great region of F3 Cherokee (Georgia) home and where he not only planted the 1st flag but also had the honor of serving as Weasel Shaker for 2 years once Cherokee became its own official region. Babyface believes passionately that the struggle and eventual perseverance encountered in GrowRuck events create men that are better prepared to lead their F3 regions and the greater communities that these regions serve. The world needs men that have been hardened and battle-tested through the experience of doing difficult tasks, and that is exactly what is provided by the GTE experience.
Brent (Yodel) Mathany
Cadre / Event Leader
Brent Mathany aka Yodel is a graduate of Cadre Academy Class 001 and calls the F3 St. Louis Region home. He has served on the GrowRuck St. Louis SLT, QSource, and acts as regional gear guru. He gives high reverence to the ability of GTE’s to help unlock a PAX’s ability to work within a team, build real world leadership skills, and develop a strength of character noticeable to those around him. It is his steadfast goal to deliver this opportunity to as many F3 PAX as attainable.
Garrett (Olaf) Purvis
Cadre / Event Leader
Garrett Purvis aka Olaf is a graduate of Cadre Academy Class 001 and can be found just outside of the “Gateway to Gastonia” in TheFort region. As the current Q of Qsource for F3 Nation he feels like he’s found his D2X in helping PAX across the nation transform into the men they were called to be. Over the past few years he has been accelerating all of his F’s and contributes the catalyst of his success to being unlocked at GTE21 and knows first hand how life changing a GTE weekend can be and wants to provide that opportunity to others.
Thai (Full House) Klam
Cadre / Event Leader
Thai Klam aka Full House is a graduate of Cadre Academy Class 001 and is originally from the outpost of the Greater Houston area known as the F3 Katy Region. He previously served as AO CoQ and currently serves on the SLT as Regional Weasel Shaker. His commitment to operational excellence has helped his region explode from 3 AOs to 18+ AOs in little over a year, going from less than 200 PAX to over 800 PAX and counting. He’s known for enforcement of the standard in the five core principles of F3 while motivating PAX through their LDP in the Four Quadrants of Preparedness. He believes the GTE evolution is something glorious whereby on the other side of shared suffering, men become better leaders.
Dustin (Italian Job) Jordan
GTE Trainer
Dustin Jordan aka Italian Job calls F3 The Fort (Fort Mill, SC) home. Husband and father of two, he’s been active in F3 since June 2013. He’s was the first Nant’an of F3 Rock Hill (SC), led F3 Nation’s TRUEbadour program, currently leads the communication efforts for F3 Nation, is co-host of the “Stuff Worth Trying Podcast,” and has been a trainer with GrowRuck since February 2021. His passion is empowering men to have the maximum impact in their homes, workplaces, and communities. Dustin is known to challenge his F3 brothers physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. Professionally, he is the Manager of Customer Advocacy at Duke Energy. When not tending to obligations, he enjoys being outside – preferably in the cold – hiking, skiing, camping, and kayaking.
Matt (’88) Ryburn
GTE Trainer
Matt Ryburn aka ‘88 hails from the F3 Gold Rush region outside Sacramento, California. He served as the first West Sector Q for F3 Nation in 2021-2022, connecting with regional Nant’ans to encourage and accelerate their regions. He was the launch Nant’an of F3 Rocklin in 2018 which changed its name to Gold Rush in 2019 after seeing explosive growth in the Sacramento area where today there are over 129 AOs weekly across 9 regions. ‘88’s first GTE was GTE25 The Grizzly in his home region. Fun fact about ‘88: He and his wife moved to Charlotte, North Carolina on January 1, 2011. (F3 Nation’s birthday and original location) Shortly after moving back to his home state of California he posted at his first F3 workout July 1, 2017 in the SF Peninsula region.
Nathan (Gopher) Handel
GTE Trainer
Gopher (Nathan Handel), introduced to growruck at GTE 029 and given opportunity to further his experience as a graduate of Trainer Academy 001, hails from F3 Boise where he serves the pax as the 3rd F Q and works with local SLT to grow the region and further the mission of F3. He sees GTE as an incredible way to accelerate the growth of a region as pax learn to trust and rely on each other through shared pain and chaos. As a trainer he looks forward to seeing head knowledge transformed into heart knowledge as men grow their physical and emotional toughness to allow them to love and serve their concentrica deeper.
Cory (Tommy Boy) Phillips
GTE Trainer
Cory Phillips, 47, Tommy Boy. Currently serving as your F3 Nation’s XQ of Education, I mow down verbal BS and lift up virtuous leaders. If you’re tweeting about it, I don’t care. If you’re living it out and giving it away, I’m all in. A survivor of GrowRuck 17 (so bad-ass it was documented on YouTube), I walked away with the knowledge pursuing high-impact leadership before it was a hashtag. Nant’an Emeritus and current Hype Q of F3 Greensboro, I demand Candor and Commitment from/for myself, my family, and the Pax I love. Find a need, Fill a need. #FanFan
Drew (Power Clean) Ishmael
GTE Trainer
Power Clean (Drew Ishmael) came to be a GTE Trainer via Trainer Academy Class 001. Power Clean hails from F3 JeffCo – a big part of the St Louis Super Region – and was a founding AOQ for Neverland in The STL region and also has served as Expansion and Rucking Q’s for the JeffCo region. He also served as Support Q for GTE 23 in STL and on shared leadership teams for other area wide events and celebrations. Power Clean has watched men become unlocked during a GTE weekend and knows that it has every likelihood of changing men’s lives for the better. “If I can be one small part of saving a man from a life of mediocrity, then I am all in to do what is needed to make that happen.”
Glenn (K9) Ayala
GTE Trainer
K9 (Glenn Ayala), a graduate of Trainer Academy Class 001, hails from F3 Katy situated in the Republic of Texas and serves as the Q for 2F Regional Lunch and “Respectables Council” for the Katy Region. He firmly believes that a GTE experience will allow men to confront their perceived limitations and help them realize that they are much more capable than they originally envisioned thereby furthering the F3 mission
Brent (Tinker Bell) Barringer
GTE Trainer
Tinker Bell (Brent Barringer) calls the Greater St. Louis Area home. After serving as 1st F-Q for F3 St. Louis, he assembled and equipped an SLT to successfully star-fish launch the Spirit of St. Louis Region. Tinker Bell currently serves as Nantan for Spirit of St. Louis. In 2021, in preparation for GTE-23, he was also a member of the host-region SLT responsible for executing the largest GTE to date. After seeing the Post-GTE explosive regional growth first hand, he has made it a mission to be a part of giving it away to as many men and as many regions as possible.
Ed (Urkel) Perry
GTE Trainer
Urkel (Ed Perry), a graduate of the Trainer Academy 001, OG from the great region of F3 Naperville and has served as 1st F Q for Naperville’s SLT 1.0 and an F3 Nation TRUEBADOUR. He was advised by DOAH himself to utilize his talents in transferring positive habits to the men of the F3 nation by joining the Trainer Team. As a member of the Trainer Team, Urkel strongly believes every man in F3 should experience all aspects of a GTE from the Rally, King Builder, Grow School, and the OverNight Ruck, to be able to unlock their potential to becoming a leader in his life. The GTE experience is life changing; allowing you to make an impact, becoming a greater influence on the people around you. GTE truly changes men’s lives. Period.
Ruben (Blimpie) Rodriguez
GTE Trainer
Ruben Rodriguez aka Blimpie, a graduate of Trainer Academy Class 001, hails from F3 Katy. He understands the importance of F3’s mission and has helped to establish several AO’s within his region. His passion to help his F3 brothers through their LDP has been fundamental as the “VQ Q” at his home AO. As a US Marine, he knows that shared suffering will create unbreakable bonds and the GTE experience is that catalyst. It will forge F3 Men into what they are destined to be by unlocking their true potential and being the ultimate IMPACT on those within their proximity.
Joe (Pink Slip) Howard
GTE Trainer
Pink Slip (Joe Howard), a graduate of Trainer Academy Class 001, hails from F3 Fort Bend in Texas and served as GTE Support Q for GTE034. He believes strongly that a GTE experience that prompts collective suffering, immediate candor and correction, and the need to depend on our brother next to us will help us to invigorate male community leadership and enhance regional growth.Awarded HIM of the year in his region in 2022.
Michael (Waterboy) Flikkema
GTE Trainer
Michael Flikkema (Waterboy) is a graduate of Trainer Academy 001, and hails from F3 Katy where he has served an AO Q/Site Leader and currently is the region’s Weasel Shaker. He believes the GTE sets the foundation and helps the pax move the head knowledge to heart knowledge, develop leadership skills, and push beyond previously established limits while developing bonds over shared pain. He enjoys teaching the QSource and can’t wait to share it with all of F3 Nation.
