AW2 Weekly Update 10/23-10/29

  • AW2 Veterans David Antoine and Jordan Riddle were featured in a Tusacaloosa News article about their injuries and how fly fishing helps them recover.
  • AW2 Veteran and Speakers Bureau participant Joe Beimfohr was featured in this month’s American Way Magazine, which is on board every American Airlines flight, in an article about participating in the Soldier Ride with a one page photograph of him riding in front of the Washington Monument.
  • AW2 Soldier SPC Michael Cane and AW2 Veteran Vincent Short were featured in an ABC News video about the Army’s Caisson Platoon providing a new life affirming mission through helping wounded warriors learn how to ride horses for physical and emotional therapy.
  • AW2 Soldier and Veterans Affairs Assistant Secretary MAJ L. Tammy Duckworth was featured in a Virginina Pilot article after she spoke to servicemembers about her own story as a wounded Iraq Veteran as well as the VA’s plans to improve services.
  • AW2 Soldier SFC Chris Edwards, Non-Commissioned Officer (NCO) assigned to the U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder, was featured in an Army News article about being a wounded warrior who embodies the meaning of leadership.
  • AW2 Soldier SSG Gabriel Garcia and SSG Ramon Padilla were featured in an Associated Press article about a program that teaches amputee Soldiers and Veterans the game of golf.
  • AW2 Veteran Sean Lewis and AW2 Soldier SSG Ramon Padilla were featured in a Maryland Gazette article about a Salute Military Golf Association golf tournament to honor wounded warriors.
  • AW2 Veteran T. Patterson Maney, retired brigadier general and currently a judge, was featured in a NWF Daily News article about the work he has done for homeless Veterans.
  • AW2 Soldier SPC Keith Maul and his wife were featured in a Palm Beach Post article about a vacation package they received from Operation Second Chance.
  • AW2 Veteran Edwin Salau was featured in CNN article discussing a nonprofit pilot program called Operation Proper Exit that allows wounded Soldiers and Veterans to return to Iraq as a way of healing. AW2 Soldiers and Veterans 2LT Richard Ingram, Ethan Payton, and Luke Wilson were also featured in an Army News article about the return to Iraq.
  • AW2 Veteran Loyd Sawyer and his wife are featured in a Military Times article about their struggle to get behavioral health assistance for him.
  • AW2 Veteran Jason M. Schulz and his Family were featured in a Journal-Sentinel, Milwaukee, article about volunteers building a home for them in Eagle’s Preserve subdivision.
  • COL Jim Rice, AW2 Director, and Roberta Berry, AW2 Career Coordinator, were featured in Army News, in an article about Disability Employment Awareness Month and AW2’s Career and Education Section supporting AW2 Soldiers and Veterans.

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