Walk Across America 2024 - Supporting Veterans Mental Health

09/08/2023

✅ Remember why you’re doin’ it…!

✅ Todays circuit was horrible…I was hanging’ out, and not helped by all the damn mirrors, constantly reminding me how smashed I was.

✅ Remember why you’re doin’ it…

✅ This entire 12 month training process (11 now) is to give me the best chance of being physically able to complete my walk across America in August next year, and I’ve put my complete trust in to get me there.

✅ My mental fitness will be on me, once I start, and I relish that challenge.

✅ Right now, my body is screaming at me, demanding to know what the f**k I think I’m doing…my brain is running around catching butterflies, sending subliminal messages that I’m still 25 - it’s a constant battle to keep those two conflicting voices, as far apart from each other as possible.

✅ I haven’t even checked what my training programme is for tomorrow - shuttle sprints up 19 floors of my apartment block perhaps 🤮

✅ Remember why you’re doin it.

09/08/2023

✅ I trained for a year before my Walk Across America 2015 attempt.

✅ I trained on the FOBs in Afghanistan and kinda just made it up with exercises I thought I might benefit from.

✅ This time, I’m trusting my training programme with who, a few weeks ago, offered to put together a year long training programme for me, for FREE.

✅ Jonny is an NSCA certified strength and conditioning coach who works with athletes, football teams, rugby squads and expedition explorers.

✅ A few weeks ago, I started following the training programme that Jonny put together for me and it’s been kicking my ass ever since.

✅ Now…it’s not that I’m not grateful- it’s just that I’m hanging out my damn ass, during some of the circuits he’s put together for me.

✅ I’m also 9 years older and, at 57 years old, everything just f**king HURTS.

✅ Having Jonny, put all the circuits together for me, has taken so much pressure off me, and, because my body is a little bit older/slower/more broken, than it was back in 2014, I know that Jonny understands that “d’you-wanna-get-in-the-back-of-the-4-tonner-lad” mindset.

✅ That 4-tonner can f**k the f**k off, and I trust Jonny to take my whimpering and moaning into consideration when he pushes me in ways that I’d never be able to do by myself.

✅ Maybe it’s a military thing? Maybe it’s a “I-can-still-do-this” thing. Getting in drunk at 6am and going on parade for a 5-miler at 8, kinda thing.

✅ Only time will tell I suppose - but today? Today, Jonny shredded me.

08/22/2023

My British Army son, is running the Marine Corps Marathon, in Washington DC in October and is trying to raise £500, for the Allied Forces Foundation.

All donations, big or small would be gratefully received, if it got him to his £500 total.

To help & aid the recovery of our veterans. Please help me give something back to our veterans community & help the journey for others to having a successful recovery. 

08/18/2023

https://www.instagram.com/walk_across_america2024/

If you guys are on Instagram, please follow the walks IG page for updates, photos and videos.

I'm an absolute biffer on Facebook 🙄

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08/17/2023

https://gofund.me/1ef14ae3

This is the part of organizing my Walk Across America 2024, that I'm most uncomfortable with...so, I'll just rip the band aid off...

Any and all donations are kindly appreciated...that being said, a bottle of gatorade and a handshake, as I'm walking, might not get me a motel for the night, but hell, they are just as welcome.

Hey, my name is Neilly Davis. I'm a 24-year British Army Veteran and a f… Neil Davis needs your support for Walk Across America 2024 - Veteran PTSD Awareness

07/29/2023

https://www.phoenixheroes.co.uk/

This is the UK Veteran's charity that I'll be hoping to raise money for, next year.

The approach to veteran's mental health that Phoenix Heroes CIC group has, and how they support veterans and their families is the epitome of veterans helping veterans.

Phoenix Heroes supports veterans and their families dealing with mental health and transition difficulties and build veteran communities around the UK.

07/29/2023

https://www.rescue22foundation.org/

Through Go Noisy USA we've had a relationship with the guys, girls and dogs from Rescue 22 Foundation, for the past couple of years, and I'm over the moon to say that I'll be walking for this amazing charity next August.

These guys do some amazing work for veterans, all over the USA and I hope I can raise awareness of their cause, as well as raise some money to help them with it.

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07/27/2023

Just wanted to speak to everyone personally - it's been a while.

8 years older and none the wiser. 😁

07/26/2023

01 August 2024. Slightly different route this time. Same start point, same finish point, same daily mileage, different charities and 9 years older.

I'll be posting updates on here regarding my route, the charities involved, preparation and training...and we'll see how it goes over the next 12 months. 🤪

I also have a new Instagram page "walk_across_america2024" and I'd be grateful if you could all give it a follow.

06/28/2023

A competition event based solely on the application of STREET SCENE GUNFIGHT Tactics, with the emphasis on "STREET" tactics.

The competition events will be based on both ADVANCING and EXTRACTING.

The video shows one example of some of what you'll be expected to do, during the competition event shoots.

➡ Shoot Event 1 - THE ANCHOR
➡ Shoot Event 2 - CASEVAC
➡ Shoot Event 3 - THE CAR BAIL
➡ Shoot Event 4 - NOAH'S ARC
➡ Shoot Event 5 - THE SNAKE RUN (for young shooters only)

✅ You will have corners to work
✅ You will have angles to find
✅ You will have approaches to figure out.
✅ You will avoid gun grabs
✅ You will have civilians to negotiate.
✅ You will mag change on the move.
✅ You will have footwork to sort out
✅ You will shoulder transition CONSTANTLY
✅ You will be TARGET FOCUSED
✅ You will use cover correctly
✅ You will communicate with team mates that YOU CAN'T SEE.

❌ You won't have time for normal sight alignment
❌ You definitely won't be resting your weapon systems on cover
❌ You won't be poking your weapon systems beyond cover
❌ You will fire AROUND cover, not over it
❌ You won't be asked to carry weights or sandbags
❌ You won't have annoyingly intrusive safety staff constantly on your shoulder
❌ You won't be told WHEN to change mag
❌ You won't be told WHEN to weapon transition

Everything you will be expected to do (and not do) will be taught, during the 3 x 1-day training camps, prior to the competition events.

You will be marked and scored on:

🔰 Time
🔰 Accuracy
🔰 Use of Cover
🔰 Communication
🔰 Command & Control
🔰 Weapon manipulation
🔰 Tactical movement

Are you ready for this?

To sign up - just click on the LinkTree below:

https://linktr.ee/gonoisy

For any questions/queries, please email Tsarina on [email protected]