I Experienced Forgiveness - Meet Colleen
I flew KC-135’s for 11 years before medically retiring from the Air Force in 2010. Since my service, I battled depression, anxiety, and...
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Bill Hattendorf
- Mar 31, 2021
I Was Afraid - Meet Bill
A number of months before Ruck-Up's A.J. Paige was able to get me to consider this retreat in the woods of Vermont. It's probably fair to...
Tania Provost
- Feb 28, 2021
A Reality Too Heavy to Ignore - Meet Tania
The best experiences of my life were during my active duty service in the US Army from 1992 - 1994. I had the privilege of serving at...
Dan Silver
- Feb 1, 2021
From My Head to My Heart - Meet Dan
The best trip I ever took was only 17 inches, from my head to my heart... "Live your days upon this earth from your heart versus your...
SGT Calvin Patterson
- Dec 31, 2020
It Was Hard to Ask for Help - Meet SGT Patterson
When I got home, I started having real bad dreams about what happened over there. Visions, shakes, anxiety, and other problems…. I had...
Aaron Phillips
- Dec 30, 2020
2020 Program Highlights
Along with the rest of the country, and most of the world, COVID-19 forced TWC to suspend our planned retreat programs throughout 2020....
Mitch Kotula
- Nov 30, 2020
Like a Burden Being Lifted - Meet Mitch
For quite some time I felt that my family, my wife, in particular, was picking on me. I did not like it and would frequently let them...
Natasha Barton
- Oct 31, 2020
I Hadn't Looked Back At My Own War Experience - Meet Natasha
Years after Natasha served aboard jets in the Gulf War, she felt her life purpose was yet to be realized. Yes, her current job helping...
Anthony Grajeda
- Sep 30, 2020
I Don't Think I'd Be Alive - Meet Anthony
Anthony Grajeda’s wife, Kurstin, was scared. She wanted to help her husband climb out of a dark place. Anthony, a father of four and an...
Candace Wolcott
- Aug 31, 2020
Immeasurable Experience - Meet Candance
At a time when I felt there was nowhere to turn, I found the Warrior Connection and Dr. Anne Black has had a profoundly positive impact...
Ryan Longtin
- Jul 31, 2020
TWC Gave Me My Life Back - Meet Ryan
As an Airmen in the United States Air Force from 1999-2007, I served as a Firefighter/Paramedic. I was 22 years old when I landed in a...
Marie Milord
- Jun 30, 2020
Loving Kindness - Meet Marie
My name is Marie Milord. I am a veteran of the Iraq War, deployed from 2004 to 2005. My MOS was 91-X—Mental Health Specialist. My...
Jim Fluery
- May 31, 2020
Reconnecting With My Heart - Meet Jim
My name is Jim, I served six years in the Marine Corps as a Non-Commissioned Officer, squad leader, in an infantry antitank assault unit....
Peter Towle
- Apr 30, 2020
Life After War - Meet Peter
The universal human condition is one of struggle to find meaning, fight loneliness, pursue freedom and face our own mortality. When...
Bob Brusa
- Mar 31, 2020
Living from Our Hearts - Meet Bob
My wife, Sue, and I are both TWC graduates. Through the retreats, we learned how to live from our hearts and ignore the negative voices...
Aaron Phillips
- Dec 31, 2019
A Look at 2020 and Beyond
As The Warrior Connection looks ahead to the New Year, TWC is looking to add strategic leadership to our Board of Directors....
Aaron Phillips
- Dec 31, 2019
2019 Program Highlights
Our program year began early in the Spring with a team training event that welcomed more than 30 TWC graduates, mentors, facilitators,...
Aaron Phillips
- Dec 23, 2019
2019 Fundraising Highlights
Our fundraising efforts really got underway on September 11th with a volunteer project in Baltimore, Maryland. The Warrior Connection...
Aaron Phillips
- Dec 9, 2019
2019 Partnership Highlights
There are many organizations and businesses that TWC is honored to partner with each year. However, those partners would be for not...
Aaron Phillips
- Sep 30, 2019
Redwood Sister Warriors Tribe 2019
It has been said; “...to walk in a redwood forest is to enter nature's cathedral.” The roots of a redwood tree rarely go more than 12...