News Releases

NEW YORK (November 11, 2015) – Veterans from across the tri-­‐state area gathered in Midtown Manhattan today to celebrate Veterans Day by marching in the 2015 New York City Veterans Day...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (November 4, 2015) – More than three in four wounded veterans are dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), according to the 2015 annual Wounded Warrior Project®...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (Oct. 15, 2015) ─ After retiring from the U.S. Army, Frank Boardman found it difficult to maintain the active lifestyle he had grown accustomed to during his time in the...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (October 14, 2015) – Dozens of injured veterans and their families boarded the USS Yorktown Tuesday evening to see the retired aircraft carrier up close. Wounded Warrior...

KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla. (October 7, 2015) – Dozens of injured veterans got an up-close look at the history of U.S. space travel with a visit to Kennedy Space Center. Wounded Warrior Project®...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (October 7, 2015) – When Robert Williamson was injured in combat during an extremely difficult deployment in Al Taji, Iraq, in 2004, the physical injuries were extensive: a...

BATON ROUGE, LA. (October 2, 2015) – One by one, wounded veterans boarded the USS Kidd along the banks of the Mississippi River. The Fletcher-class destroyer’s 38 caliber gun mounts still face...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (October 2, 2015) – When Kimberley Dotstry’s service with the U.S. Navy ended, the transition from military to civilian life was much more difficult than she expected. She...

ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, COLO. (October 1, 2015) – Nearly a dozen wounded veterans hiked miles along the Continental Divide Trail, experiencing the breath-taking views you can only...

KANSAS CITY, MO (September 30, 2015) — When returning from combat, many service members find the transition back to civilian life challenging. Often, this challenge takes a toll on their...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (September 25, 2015) – When Randy Horton hit the road from Newport Beach, California, it was a hot and sunny day. It is then fitting that he arrived in Jacksonville to almost...

White Sulphur Springs, WV (September 23, 2015) – On September 26, The Greenbrier will host tennis legends Pete Sampras, John McEnroe, James Blake and Jim Courier for the fourth annual Greenbrier...

JACKSONVILLE, Florida (September 21, 2015) – More than 12,300 golfers, including 567 injured service members, teed up for the fifth-­‐annual “World’s Largest Golf Outing” at 132 courses...

INVERNESS, FLA. (September 18, 2015) – Injured service members donned (earmuffs) and boarded airboats to see Florida’s waterways recently. Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) took the veterans on...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (September 17, 2015) – Allies on the battlefield enjoyed healthy competition on the golf course as 10 wounded veterans from Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) squared off against...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (September 15, 2015) – On September 11, 2015, injured veterans and staff members with Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) joined service platoons from The Mission Continues (TMC),...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (September 14, 2015) – When Randy Horton hit the road from Newport Beach, California, it was an exceptionally hot and sunny day. Starting on the wooden slats of the Newport...

Scottsdale, Ariz. (September 11, 2015) – On September 11, a group of wounded service members gathered outside their hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona, for a brief ceremony commemorating the 14th...

Jacksonville, Fla. (September 10, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Alumnus Brett Miller’s organization Warfighter Outfitters, Inc. is the latest WWP Program Grants recipient with an...

ATLANTA, GA. (September 10, 2015) – Wounded service members enjoyed an afternoon in the water with whale sharks, manta rays, and a variety of fish. Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) took the...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (September 9, 2015) – For Jessica Allen, director of the Family Caregiver Program for the Yellow Ribbon Fund, her passion for caregiver respite is both personal and...

Alexandria, Va. — On Wednesday, Sept. 9, the 2015 Warrior-­Family Symposium (WFS), cosponsored by the Military Officers Association of America (MOAA) and Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP), will...

Pittsburgh, Pa. (September 1, 2015) - When Robert Anderson retired from the U.S. Army, his body served as a constant reminder of the wear and tear that can only come from over a decade of military...

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (August 28, 2015) – Wounded veterans and their families walked amongst mastodons, saber tooth cats, dire wolves, and condors recently while touring the La Brea Tar Pits....

BILLINGS, MONT. (August 28, 2015) – Wives of injured service members got a much needed weekend of support. The group stayed at the Big Horn Resort in Billings, Montana last weekend, as guests of...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (August 25, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is officially serving more than 400 of this generation’s most seriously injured veterans and their caregivers through its...

WAIKIKI, Hawaii (August 25, 2015) – Dozens of wounded veterans raced through the waters off Waikiki Beach last Saturday. The Na Koa Wounded Warrior Canoe Regatta featured 75 teams, many of which...

HOUSTON, Texas (August 25, 2015) -- Houston Astros pitcher Scott Feldman hosted a group of injured veterans and their families for Thursday night’s baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The...

Jacksonville, Fla. (August 19, 2015) — Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) took 50 injured veterans, family members, and caregivers from its Independence Program (IP) to “Operation Down Home,” a...

KODIAK, Alaska (August 17, 2015) – After a week in the Alaskan wilderness, ten wounded veterans are back home. Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) took the injured service members to Kodiak, Alaska...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., August 10, 2015 – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has released three new television spots featuring awardIwinning country music singer and longtime WWP supporter Trace Adkins....

DAVIE, Fla. (August 10, 2015) – The Miami Dolphins and Bank of America are providing the VIP treatment for about 30 injured veterans at training camp Monday, August 10. The group is visiting the...

Chicago, Ill. (August 6, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® WWP) returns to Lake Michigan with over 30 injured veterans and their families for five days of physical health and wellness events...

GULFPORT, Miss. (August 6, 2015) – Injured service members and their families recently enjoyed a handsF on, and educational experience at the Institute for Marine Mammal Studies in Gulfport,...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 30, 2015)—On Sunday, October 18, 2015, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) will be participating in the Love Ride grand finale, a singleNday motorcycle fundraising event,...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (July 30, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is officially serving more than 75,000 wounded veterans through its 20 free programs and services offered to engage...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 29, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) will honor 14 wounded veterans with a special graduation ceremony Friday, July 31 for completing its 12-month TRACK™...

KODIAK, Alaska (July 29, 2015) – Nearly a dozen wounded veterans will travel to remote Kodiak, Alaska Friday, July 31 through Saturday, August 8 for an excursion that includes fishing,...

Rockaway, N.Y. (July 23, 2015) — Before being injured in Afghanistan, Brandon Dodson was an avid surfer throughout his youth in San Diego. After losing both of his legs as the result of an...

Jacksonville, Fla. (July 21, 2015) – The Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Physical Health and Wellness Program hosted a group of wounded veterans for a fullKday fitness and nutrition seminar at...

Jacksonville, Fla. (June 16, 2015) – As part of its continued commitment to honor and empower Wounded Warriors, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) will serve as a Platinum Sponsor of the Department...

Jacksonville, FL (June 11, 2015) – In its first grant cycle of 2015, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has awarded over $1 million in grants to organizations that provide support and specialized...

Jacksonville, Fla. (June 9, 2015)—Financial services company USAA® has generously stepped in as the new national sponsor for the Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Soldier Ride® program. Soldier...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (June 2, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is launching a first-of-its-kind medical care network, Warrior Care Network™, to connect wounded veterans and their families...

Jacksonville, FL (May 14, 2015) – The 10th annual Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Courage Awards & Benefit Dinner® presented by First Data Corporation and the Joe Plumeri Foundation, with the...

Jacksonville, Fla. (May 14, 2015) – Lee Medina smiles when she describes meeting her husband, Army Corporal David Medina, nearly six years ago. They met through friends, and even from opposite...

Jacksonville, Fla. (May 6, 2015) – In recognition of National Nurses Day, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is taking the opportunity to show its gratitude for the care that nurses and other...

Washington, D.C. (May 5, 2015) – Today Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) marked the five-year anniversary of the passage of the historic Caregiver Assistance Law of 2010. This landmark legislation...

Washington, D.C. (April 23, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) submitted a Statement for the Record before the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (HVAC) Subcommittee on Health on...

WASHINGTON, D.C. -­ -­ Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Soldier Ride® will arrive in the Washington, D.C. area on April 14 for a five-­day rehabilitative cycling event that travels from...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (April 10, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is mourning the loss of WWP board of directors member, Rear Admiral Kevin F. Delaney (ret.), who passed away on Tuesday,...

Jacksonville, Fla. (March 27, 2015) -­‐ Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) has assembled an advisory council to advance the current and future work of WWP. This group of accomplished community leaders

Jacksonville, Fla. (March 19, 2015) – When injured service members return from the battlefield, they are faced with a multitude of decisions regarding their future. Whether it’s the decision...

Washington, D.C. (March 19, 2015) – The National Military Family Association (NMFA), a nonprofit that works to strengthen and protect military families, and Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP),...

Washington, D.C. (March 18, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) today unveiled its 2015 policy priorities during testimony before the Committees on Veterans Affairs for the Senate and the...

Washington, D.C. (March 18, 2015) – On October 15, 2004, over a decade ago, Army Specialist Matthew Drake’s life changed in an instant. The blast from a suicide car bomb in Al-Qaim, Iraq,...

Jacksonville, Fla. (March 5, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is appalled to learn of yet another allegation of mismanaged claims at The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in a new...

Houston -- Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Soldier Ride will return to Houston on March 5 for a three-day rehabilitative cycling event. Soldier Ride brings injured service members from across the...

Washington, D.C. (February 27, 2015) – Senator Jon Tester (D-MT) today introduced the Veterans Education Empowerment Act, a bill that would reauthorize a Department of Education (ED) grant...

WHAT: Injured service members with Wounded Warrior Project’s (WWP) Soldier Ride, presented by GEICO, will cycle through Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra, and St. Augustine from Feb. 26-29. The injured...

New York, NY (February 25, 2015) – When Nicky Norwood retired from the Army in 2009, he felt closed off from the outside world. In addition to suffering a back injury while deployed in Iraq,...

Washington, D.C. (February 12, 2015) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) joined President Obama, veterans, and mental health advocates today at the White House for the signing of the Clay Hunt...

Jacksonville, FL (February 12, 2015) – The Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) produced documentary mini-series “Wounded: The Battle Back Home” will become available on Internet television...

Washington, D.C. (February 12, 2015) – Senators Dean Heller (R-NV) and Patty Murray (D-WA) today introduced the Women Veterans Access to Quality Care Act of 2015. This bill would establish...

Washington, D.C. (February 11, 2015) – Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) today introduced the Women Veterans and Families Health Services Act of 2015, a bill that would expand the treatment and care...

Washington, D.C. (February 3, 2015) – In continued pursuit of its vision to foster the most successful, well-adjusted generation of wounded services members in our nation’s history, Wounded...

Washington, D.C. (February 3, 2015) – The Senate today unanimously passed the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act (SAV Act), by a vote of 99-0. The SAV Act combats the scourge...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., January 30, 2015 – Nissan's touching "With Dad" campaign, a 90-­‐second, family-­focused commercial kicked off during "The Big Game" this weekend. The "With Dad" campaign...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (January 6, 2015) – 2014 has truly been a year to remember for Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP), and 2015 promises to be even more memorable as WWP continues in its commitment...

Washington, D.C. (December 3, 2014) – Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) today submitted a statement for the record on the current state of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs’ (VA) Family...

Washington, D.C. (November 19, 2014) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) today submitted a statement for the record in support of H.R. 5059, the Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans...

WHAT: Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) Alumnus will testify before the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs about mental health care and suicide prevention WHO: WWP Alumnus and Peer Mentor...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., November 17, 2014 – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) reached a new milestone in its more than 10 years of service and commitment to this generation of injured service members....

New York (November 10, 2014) – As America recognizes the heroes who have selflessly served and sacrificed for this country, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) is celebrating our nation’s veterans...

Jacksonville, FL (November 6, 2014) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) announced today the naming of the new chair, vice chair, and secretary of the organization’s board of directors. Current...

Jacksonville, FL (November 5, 2014) – Peter S. Gaytan has a new mission: to guide injured veterans of this generation to success with education, training, and connections that will lead to...

Washington DC/Jacksonville, FL (October 22, 2014) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP), whose mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors, today announced it has awarded $2.3 million in grants...

Jacksonville, FL – October 21, 2014 – Wounded: The Battle Back Home, a documentary-style film series devoted to sharing the stories of warriors with both visible and invisible wounds, returns...

Jacksonville, FL, and Washington, DC, (September 30, 2014)---Today, Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP), which provides vital support to wounded veterans of this generation, is joining the Board of...

Jacksonville, FL (September 15, 2014) – Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) today released the results of their 2014 Annual Alumni Survey. Based on the responses of more than 21,000 wounded veterans,...

Washington, D.C. (July 10, 2014) – Wounded Warrior Project Alumnus Josh Renschler, of Olympia, WA, will testify today before the House Committee on Veterans Affairs on VA’s mental health care...

New York (July 1, 2014) – National veterans’ nonprofits Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) and Team Rubicon are partnering to honor and empower wounded veterans by leveraging their skills and...

New York (May 19, 2014) – National veterans’ nonprofits The Mission Continues and Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) are working together to expand service programs that solve community challenges...

Washington, D.C., May 15, 2014 – With a generation of veterans with warrelated injuries and illnesses reliant on the VA’s health care system, Wounded Warrior Project® is further disheartened...

Jacksonville, FL (May 13, 2014) – Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) is pleased to announce USAA as the title sponsor for their ninth annual Courage Awards & Benefit Dinner. This year’s event will...

Jacksonville, FL – November 07, 2013 – To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), the non-profit organization will debut “Wounded: The Battle Back Home,” a...

As the war progressed several veterans and friends, moved by stories of the first wounded service members returning home from Afghanistan and Iraq started providing backpacks with comfort items to...

BOSTON -- Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) Soldier Ride presented by GEICO will arrive in Boston on September 18 for a threeday rehabilitative cycling event. Soldier Ride brings Wounded Warriors from...

Washington DC (May 7, 2013) – Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP), whose mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors, today announced they have awarded $1.4 million in grants to organizations...

Jacksonville, FL (Oct. 17, 2012) – Wounded Warrior Project (WWP), whose mission is to honor and empower Wounded Warriors, today announced $1.1 million in grants to organizations also serving...

Jacksonville, FL (June 15, 2012) – Wounded Warrior Project’s (WWP) eight-man cycling team, including injured service members, will begin the Race Across America (RAAM) tomorrow. The 3,000-mile...

New York (June 6, 2012) – Wounded Warrior Project™ (WWP) today announced the support of New York Yankees outfielder Nick Swisher to build awareness towards its mission of honoring and...