HOMES FOR OUR TROOPS (HFOT) PSA: BUILDING HOMES AND REBUILDING LIVES To obtain our Public Service Announcement or any of our Veterans’ Videos in broadcast quality for your station or other media purposes, contact: tverity@hfotusa.org. CLICK HERE to go to our PSA Downloads page….
…he served in Kuwait for two years before going on his first combat deployment to Iraq in 2003 as a cavalry scout with 1-1 Cavalry, 1st Armored Division, and then again in 2006 with the 1-4 Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division. On Feb. 7, 2007, during his second combat deployment, SSG Young’s vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) while supporting a dismounted patrol searching for insurgents. The blast partially ejected SSG Young through the turret before the truck landed on…
…one day earn a degree as a teacher or counselor. Since moving into his specially adapted custom home, Charles says his life has changed for the better. He no longer struggles to get in and out of the bathroom or shower and he can maneuver his wheelchair freely in every room. His favorite feature of the home is the kitchen because it enables him to cook and prepare meals for his family. “The freedom HFOT has given me in this…
SGT MICHAEL BECK Rocky Mount, NC Mission Accomplished on Dec. 5, 2015 Army Sergeant Michael Beck was on his first deployment when he lost his left leg, and sustained injuries so severe they led to the eventual amputation of his right leg above the knee after a mortar blast in Baghdad, Iraq on April 6, 2008. Having just returned to base in the Green Zone following a day-long mission with the 1132 Military Police Company, 95 Battalion, SGT Beck stowed…
IN MEMORIAM SSG MICHAEL DOWNING Middleboro, MA Mission Accomplished on February 27, 2010 Army Staff Sergeant Michael Downing was on his second deployment, serving as an Infantryman with the 101st Airborne Division and the 27th Brigade Combat Team (Army National Guard), when he lost both legs in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion in Afghanistan in September 2008. The force of the blast blew SSG Downing from the truck he was in. Quick action by patrol leaders secured the area,…
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