RUSTY DOGS OF WAR
A Feature Documentary and Continuing Reality Series

They served their country. They survived the unimaginable. Now they are racing toward something greater.

Logline
A team of wounded and adaptive U.S. military athletes defies expectations by racing more than 3,000 miles across America—using handcycles, recumbent trikes, tandem bicycles and upright bikes to prove that victory does not come from ignoring limitations, but from discovering the strength within them.

The Story
Rusty Dogs of War is an inspiring, adrenaline-driven sports documentary about wounded veterans and adaptive athletes fighting through the darkness of disability to rebuild their lives through competitive cycling.

In the fall of 2024, the team came together for its first major challenge: riding continuously for 24 hours at the World Time Trial Championships. Every athlete left with World Championship stripes—and a belief that something even greater was possible.

Their next mission was Race Across America, one of the most demanding endurance competitions in the world.

In June 2025, the Rusty Dogs became the first mixed-gender team to combine a handcycle, tandem bicycle, recumbent trike and upright bikes in the race. Rather than focusing on what each athlete could not do, the team developed an unprecedented strategy built around what every athlete did best.

They raced nonstop for more than 3,000 miles—from Oceanside, California, to Atlantic City, New Jersey—in 7 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes.

They defeated more than half of the able-bodied teams and earned the Armed Forces Cup as the first-place military and veteran team.

But crossing the finish line was only the beginning.

Tone & Market Position
Tour de France: Unchained meets Last Chance U, with the emotional power of The Redeem Team and the relentless endurance of The Race Across America.

Cinematic, raw, intimate and inspiring, the documentary combines breathtaking race footage with the deeply personal stories behind each athlete.

This is not a story about disability.

It is a story about adaptation, brotherhood, sacrifice and refusing to surrender.

Documentary Format

Feature Documentary
90–100 minutes

The film follows the formation of the team, its 24-hour World Championship breakthrough and the historic 2025 Race Across America journey. Through training, family sacrifice, mechanical failures, physical pain and emotional confrontation, audiences experience what it takes to move one team across an entire continent without stopping.

Continuing Reality Series
Following the documentary, Rusty Dogs of War expands into an ongoing unscripted series tracking the athletes as they pursue new records, international competitions and Paralympic dreams.

The series will follow:

• Greg Quarles and Shane Walsh as they pursue opportunities with Team USA and the LA 2028 Paralympic Games

• Caleb Cline’s journey toward Paralympic eligibility and a potential place on Team Army for the 2027 Invictus Games

• The creation of Caleb’s groundbreaking recumbent-trike avatar for Zwift

• His 24-hour virtual ride covering 436 miles and establishing ten virtual world records

• Individual athletes confronting new physical and personal challenges

• The team’s pursuit of a new cross-country cycling record in 2027 or 2028

• New wounded veterans and adaptive athletes fighting for a place on the team
   

Each season builds toward a defining mission—one race, one record or one seemingly impossible objective.

Commercial Appeal
The project brings together several powerful and highly marketable worlds:

• U.S. military service and veteran resilience

• Elite endurance competition

• Adaptive sports and groundbreaking equipment

• Paralympic and Invictus Games aspirations

• Innovation in cycling and virtual racing

• Mental health, recovery and renewed purpose

• Teamwork, family and brotherhood

• World-record and cross-country competition
   

The documentary and series offer natural partnership opportunities across cycling, sports performance, outdoor recreation, healthcare, prosthetics, adaptive technology, mental wellness, veteran services and military-support organizations.

Visual Experience
From California’s Pacific coastline to the Atlantic City finish line, the story unfolds across deserts, mountains, open highways and sleepless nights.

Body-mounted cameras, aerial cinematography, support-vehicle footage and intimate behind-the-scenes access will place audiences inside the race—capturing every handoff, breakdown, injury, victory and moment of doubt.

The machines may be different.

The competitive fire is exactly the same.

Franchise Potential
Rusty Dogs of War is designed as a purpose-driven sports and entertainment franchise that can expand through:

• The feature documentary

• A continuing reality series

• Future Race Across America campaigns

• The 2027 Invictus Games journey

• The road to the LA 2028 Paralympic Games

• Cross-country and world-record attempts

• Adaptive-athlete profiles and digital content

• Veteran and community impact screenings

• Corporate speaking engagements

• Cycling merchandise and apparel

• Brand, technology and nonprofit partnerships
   

Target Audience
The primary audience includes:

• Veterans, active-duty service members and military families

• Sports and endurance-racing audiences

• Paralympic and adaptive-sports communities

• Cycling and outdoor-adventure enthusiasts

• Viewers of inspirational documentaries and unscripted competition series

• Audiences interested in mental health, recovery and resilience

• Families and communities affected by disability

• Brands and organizations supporting veterans and adaptive athletes
   

The Opportunity
ISEG GLOBAL is seeking producers, investors, distributors, streaming platforms, sponsors and mission-aligned partners to bring Rusty Dogs of War to audiences worldwide.
The feature documentary captures the historic race that introduced the team.
The reality series follows what happens after the world stops watching—when the athletes return home, confront new challenges and begin preparing for the next impossible mission.

They are not asking the world to overlook their disabilities.

They are daring the world to keep up.