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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...

Colleen Hall
Apr 30, 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...

Bill Hattendorf
Mar 31, 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...

Tania Provost
Mar 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...

Dan Silver
Feb 2, 2021


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...

SGT Calvin Patterson
Jan 1, 2021


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....
Aaron Phillips
Dec 31, 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...

Mitch Kotula
Dec 1, 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...

Natasha Barton
Oct 31, 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...

Anthony Grajeda
Sep 30, 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...

Candace Wolcott
Aug 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...

Ryan Longtin
Jul 31, 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...

Marie Milord
Jun 30, 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....

Jim Fluery
May 31, 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...

Peter Towle
Apr 30, 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...

Bob Brusa
Mar 31, 2020


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
Jan 1, 2020


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 31, 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 24, 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
Dec 10, 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...
Aaron Phillips
Sep 30, 2019
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