Category: Veteran Stories
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On July 22, 2010 Marine Combat Engineer Rob Jones stepped on an improvised explosive device while serving in Afghanistan. The injuries he sustained required two above-the-knee amputations that led to 18 months of grueling rehabilitation and recovery.
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Top 3 Values in Action Strengths: Social Intelligence, Zest, HopeThe Honorable Patrick J. Murphy is America's first Iraq War veteran elected to the U.S.
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Each year at the annual “If Not Me, Then Who…” Gala in Philadelphia, PA, TMF awards a scholarship to a high school student who has gone through the Character Does...
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This past October, Travis Manion Foundation hosted our first Leadership Expedition for veterans in Boulder, CO.
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On TMF’s Leadership Expedition, 12 veterans find the camaraderie, purpose, and character that binds them to their military service, and to one another.
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Army Veteran and Operation Legacy service project leader, J Johnson has always had a passion for helping others and making an impact, which is what ultimately led him to join the military.
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I think anyone who puts themselves in a position where they would lay down their lives for you is a legacy that demands not just respect, but remembrance."
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How do we shape the character of the next generation?Ashley Marlow, an Operation Legacy project leader and a San Diego middle school counselor asks herself this question every day.
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“When I see people’s lives being taken in a flood and people wading through water - I can’t just sit on a couch and watch that happen - I have...
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Afghanistan War Vet, Red Ramos, subscribes to a philosophy of “Success through Struggle.” So when bad times hit, you just push through them, right? Wrong, Red explains.
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