…Troops, Toran would like to say, “Thank you…the support has been and will continue to be a huge inspiration and motivation for me to be better and give back even more to my country.” related articles: The San Diego Union-Tribune, Dec. 10, 2017 Home something different to each of us. For post–9/11 Veterans who have sustained severe injuries such as partial or full paralysis, limb amputations and traumatic brain injury, home can be a catalyst for change. Read more. …
SGT Christopher Leverkuhn Kerrville, TX Christopher Leverkuhn joined the military to pay for his education. He enjoyed the routine and discipline of the Army. On Jan. 2, 2004, during his first deployment, Sergeant Leverkuhn, a petroleum supply specialist, was serving with the 209th Quartermaster Company, United States Army Reserve when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Ramadi, Iraq. SGT Leverkuhn lost his right leg below the knee and sustained other injuries in the blast. Today,…
Army Sergeant Jose Lopez Spring Branch, TX Mission Accomplished on June 7, 2024 Jose “Joe” Lopez joined the Army to support an ill family member. He enlisted in 2005, deploying to Afghanistan in 2007. On Jan. 3, 2008, during his first combat deployment, Sergeant Lopez was serving as a cavalry scout with the 4-73 CAV, 82nd Airborne Division, when he fell into a burning pit while pushing a child out of the way of a rolling vehicle. SGT Lopez sustained…
CPL Isaac Jensen West Point City, UT Mission Accomplished on Aug. 11, 2012 On Nov. 9, 2008, Army Corporal Isaac Jensen, a combat medic on his first military deployment, lost both of his legs and sustained a severe arm injury including irreversible nerve damage to his left arm, when two one-hundred pound bombs detonated within close range in Malalah, Iraq. While searching an Iraqi home with two other Soldiers, one of them opened the refrigerator door triggering the blast…
SGT Christopher Gomes Freetown, MA mission accomplished on dec. 10, 2016 On Oct. 29, 2008, Army Sergeant Christopher Gomes, a heavy equipment operator with the 54th Engineer Battalion, was convoying back to his base in southern Baghdad, Iraq, when his vehicle was struck with four explosively formed projectiles (EFPs). The blast resulted in the loss of his right leg and severe damage to the left. Before arriving at Walter Reed Medical Center, SGT Gomes was treated in Baghdad Combat…
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