…his North Carolina home in October 2011. He was a member of the US Biathlon Team, competing in Archery, hand cycling, swimming, and shooting. He completed his first Marine Corps Marathon on his hand cycle in 2009. Before his injuries, Joseph was a boxer for both the Army and the Marines and appeared on HBO in a boxing tournament in 2002. Joseph wrote the official Wounded Warrior Creed adopted by the Marine Corps. The creed reads: Though I am wounded,…
…and his wife Samantha are grateful to be living in a specially adapted Homes For Our Troops home that gives Nick the freedom and independence back he fought so hard to preserve. Nick enjoys football and hand-cycling and is part of the Marine Corps Mentorship Program for injured Veterans. Since he received his HFOT home, Nick has become an avid golfer and competed on the U.S. team in the 2019 Simpson Cup, an annual tournament between teams of injured Veterans…
SPC Carlos Gomez Menifee, CA Mission Accomplished on Jan. 25, 2020 Carlos Gomez joined the Army as an Infantryman when he was 20, wanting to provide a better life for his then five-year-old son, Aaron. After completing Infantry training, Carlos completed airborne training before reporting to Fort Knox. He deployed to Afghanistan in 2011 with the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. Three months into the deployment, SPC Gomez’s squad was returning from a routine patrol in…
…local military hospital, then airlifted to Landstuhl, Germany, CPL Williams was later flown to Walter Reed Army Medical Center. He also received treatment at the Augusta VA spending a combined total of a year in the hospital. Jeffery enjoys baseball and playing pool and he is a member of the Paralyzed Veterans of America. Since receiving his specially adapted custom home, Jeffery earned his associate’s degree in general studies from Columbia College University in 2018 and is now working on…
…blast tearing into the vehicle. Initially knocked unconscious by the force of the blast, Mike began calling for help to evacuate the vehicle, to “get the guys,” and remembers hearing voices telling him to lie down. In a coma for three days, and revived a total of three times, 1SG Leonard had no recollection of being in Bagram, Afghanistan or Landstuhl, Germany before waking up at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, his wife, Cheryl by his side. It was then…
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