At Northern Arizona Veterans Upward Bound the idea of veterans serving veterans resonates with us as much of our staff are veterans themselves while the rest have veteran family members. That means that the day to day operation of helping veterans is near and dear to our hearts. This idea of giving back and serving other veterans and helping them to be successful, especially after experiencing difficulties, is really gaining traction in the veteran community. It is also very important; who knows veterans, especially those of the current conflicts, better than themselves. So in part 1 of what I hope will be an on-going series of posts I would like to point out 2 veterans who have taken on the tasks of healing themselves and healing their fellow veterans.
The first is Derek Weida, a former 82nd Airborne paratrooper who lost a leg to action in Iraq. You can read more about his story
here or go straight to his organizations page,
The Next Objective to find out more.
The other veterans is a former Navy SEAL who was also wounded in Iraq and found ways beyond medication to heal his body. His name is
Mikal Vega and he started
Vital Warrior to help service members overcome the stresses of combat.
Hopefully these stories will help all veterans remember to never give up and that there are other veterans out there that care and provide resources.
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