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By John Foldberg – AFTERCARE MANAGER USMC Infantry Officer Desert Storm Veteran- Bronze Star with Valor  DoD Contractor in Iraq / DoD Employee Afghanistan As we celebrate Veteran’s Day this year, it is good for us to remember that at the core of what Veterans do...

By John Mizerak – Allen West, who is on the Mighty Oaks Foundation Board of Advisors, is this year’s Texas Warrior Gala’s Keynote Speaker!  At this year’s Gala, we will also be featuring Col. West’s new book, Hold Texas, Hold the Nation:...

By Jeremy Stalnecker – For ten days at the end of June and beginning of July, Susanne and I had the privilege of participating in a camp designed to serve Ukraine military members and their families.  I am in fact on the return flight home as I reflect on and...

By Kevin Schroeder –  The Wilds is a private, non-profit conservation center located on almost 10,000 acres of reclaimed mining land in rural southeastern Ohio. The Wilds is situated along some of the most beautiful rolling green hills Ohio has to offer. The...

By Mike Sanders – Men, the Power of God, and Overcoming Darkness The Israelites were afraid. In Chapter 8 of 1 Samuel, the Bible tells that the Philistines and other nations posed a constant threat of war to God’s people. Though God had appointed judges to...

By Jeremy Stalnecker – Finding the answer to veteran suicide Over the last several years it seems that anytime someone finds out what I do for work they are full of questions.  With veterans causes and issues so prominent in our national discussion, people are...

By Daniel Hanson –  Cpl USMC (Ret) Founder QRF XXII Inc. ISAIAH 61:3. Mighty oaks of righteousness. Last month, I spent a week of fellowship, good food, some fishing, and a little adventure at Mighty Oaks Warrior Program In Cumberland Ohio at Straker Lake, in...

By John Mizerak – PRESCOTT, AZ,  – September 22, 2018 – Think of everything that is unique about men, their passions, activities, sports, man toys and motivational speakers that talk to what makes a man tick, that is what the Get Real Men’s Expo is all...

By GySgt Micah U. Gonzales – I MEF Training Chief –  I wasn’t looking for anything life changing, because I already had life figured out.  I’ve traveled cross country to seminars like Tony Robins, John Maxwell, read books, and listened to Jocko for years....

By Jamie Warner – So often, life can turn on a dime. One minute you think you’ve got “it” all figured out, even if your “it” is misery and hopelessness, at least you’ve got “it” down. You know what the score is. You think you know what’s what. And then… rock...