{"id":1075,"date":"2017-07-23T03:00:38","date_gmt":"2017-07-23T07:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2017-07-23T03:00:38","modified_gmt":"2017-07-23T07:00:38","slug":"t-r-mans-22k-ruck-march-from-route-35-to-boardwalk-raises-awareness-of-veteran-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2017\/07\/t-r-mans-22k-ruck-march-from-route-35-to-boardwalk-raises-awareness-of-veteran-suicide\/","title":{"rendered":"T.R. Man&#8217;s 22K &#8216;Ruck March&#8217; From Route 35 to Boardwalk Raises Awareness of Veteran Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4342\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20258463_1394809860554381_3449218768574395704_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4342\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4342\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20258463_1394809860554381_3449218768574395704_n.jpg\" alt=\"Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)\" width=\"960\" height=\"838\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4342\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Earlier this week, Shorebeat <a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/2017\/07\/marine-vet-to-ruck-it-22-kilometers-to-seaside-boardwalk-to-help-returning-service-members\/\">profiled local resident\u00a0Dennis Addesso<\/a>, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who organized a 22 kilometer \u201cruck march\u201d Saturday to raise funds and awareness to combat the sad reality that 22 former American service members take their own lives daily.<\/p>\n<p>Addesso is the founder of Ma Deuce Deuce (MA22), which\u00a0supports Operation Restored Warrior and Warhorse SCUBA, two programs designed to help military members get past the haunting war scenes that drive so many into misfortune.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4343\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228345_1747008415339268_1508221797535080846_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4343\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4343\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228345_1747008415339268_1508221797535080846_n.jpg\" alt=\"Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4343\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4344\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228417_10108384349368539_8430337539855018515_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-2\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4344\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4344\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228417_10108384349368539_8430337539855018515_n.jpg\" alt=\"Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4344\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4345\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228439_456230394743767_2518063617501307097_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-3\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4345\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4345\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228439_456230394743767_2518063617501307097_n.jpg\" alt=\"Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4345\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4346\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228730_1394809963887704_1320966088143003054_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-4\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4346\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4346\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228730_1394809963887704_1320966088143003054_n.jpg\" alt=\"Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4346\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4347\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20232807_1394809743887726_3144002766818696303_o.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-5\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4347\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4347\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20232807_1394809743887726_3144002766818696303_o-1024x444.jpg\" alt=\"Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)\" width=\"640\" height=\"278\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4347\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4348\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20245387_1394809707221063_7551485104229255406_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-6\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4348\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4348\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20245387_1394809707221063_7551485104229255406_n.jpg\" alt=\"Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4348\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_4349\" style=\"width: 970px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20258077_1394809773887723_6736319152385588981_n.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-7\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4349\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4349\" src=\"http:\/\/lavallette-seaside.shorebeat.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20258077_1394809773887723_6736319152385588981_n.jpg\" alt=\"Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)\" width=\"960\" height=\"950\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4349\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Marchers participating in Operation: Ruck It to raise awareness and funds to combat veterans suicide. (Photo: MA22)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The march went off without a hitch Saturday, running from Traders Cove Marina in Brick, then up and down Route 35, ending at the boardwalk in Seaside Heights. Spicy Cantina hosted a party afterwards.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fb-share-button fcbkbttn_large_button \" data-href=\"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/2017\/07\/t-r-mans-22k-ruck-march-from-route-35-to-boardwalk-raises-awareness-of-veteran-suicide\/\" data-type=\"button_count\" data-size=\"large\"><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, Shorebeat profiled local resident\u00a0Dennis Addesso, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran who organized a 22 kilometer \u201cruck march\u201d Saturday to raise funds and awareness to combat the sad reality that 22 former American service members take their own lives daily. Addesso is the founder of Ma Deuce Deuce (MA22), which\u00a0supports Operation Restored Warrior [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1076,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1075","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-toms-river-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/20228730_1394809963887704_1320966088143003054_n.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/tomsriver\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}