CPL JEFFREY KESSLER Rising Sun, MD Mission Accomplished on Feb. 15, 2014 Marine Corporal Jeffrey Kessler was on his third deployment when he lost both of his legs above the knee and sustained the partial amputations of fingers on his right hand after stepping on an improvised explosive device (IED) in Helmand Province, Afghanistan on July 13, 2011. While clearing a compound with his team, Cpl Kessler stepped into the fourth living area of the compound to begin a sweep…
…and community. He has been supporting Veterans going through difficult times by working for a nonprofit called, It’s About the Warrior Foundation (IATW). The organization helps assist and empower post 9/11 Veterans in his area with financial, educational, recreational, and therapeutic needs. As a board member, Brandon oversees the grant and application process and all new member registrations. He is also in the process of opening his own nonprofit to support fellow Veterans in his community. He has become motivational…
SPC Christopher Brooks Bristol, VA Christopher Brooks remembers coming home from school on 9/11 to his mother crying in front of the television. He immediately felt it was his calling to serve his country. In October 2002, at the age of nineteen, he enlisted in the Army. On March 7, 2007, Specialist Brooks, on his second combat deployment, was serving with the 1451st Transportation Company as a Motor Transport Operator when the vehicle he was driving hit an improvised…
…from the explosion. Sgt Sweeney had no idea that his delayed evacuation was due to the fact that the two MEDEVAC vehicles sent to rescue him had both hit IEDs en-route. Once loaded on his transport vehicle, with mortar rounds landing nearby, he was placed in a medically induced coma and did not learn until later that this convoy of vehicles experienced another IED blast on the way to the flight line where he was airlifted to Camp Leatherneck. Airlifted…
SSG TRAVIS STRONG Golden, CO Mission Accomplished on Aug. 27, 2008 Army Staff Sergeant Travis Strong was in the middle of his second tour in Iraq when the Stryker armored combat vehicle he was patrolling in was hit by a roadside bomb called an explosively formed penetrator. He lost both of his legs in that explosion and endured months of rehabilitation, recovery, and therapy to learn how to use his new prosthetics. Homes For Our Troops is proud to…
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