Mission 22

We heal veterans when they need it most — right now. It takes a community to heal a Warrior and it takes a Warrior to heal a community. #UnitedWeHeal

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

@nancyfrance22 Nancy, we're so sorry for the loss of your uncle Hans. Fifteen years doesn't make that loss any easier. Thank you for honoring his memory and sharing his story. He will never be forgotten. Sending love to you and your family. ❤️🇺🇸

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

Honoring Kasey Gryder, Louisiana State Leader.

Kasey served 25 years in the Louisiana National Guard, including two combat tours in Iraq and activation for Hurricane Katrina. He led for Mission 22 and the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association.

Rest easy, Kasey.

#Mission22

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

Veteran Valor Coffee is Veteran owned by father and son, Jon (Army Airborne) and Kevin (Navy).

They donate a portion of every sale to Mission 22.

Go read their blog. Then go buy some coffee.

@veteranvalorJon

https://t.co/9vTvgWL7yZ

#Mission22

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

@PainvsGuilt Thank you for sharing this and for standing with Veterans alongside us.

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

BUILT FOR THE JOURNEY. COMMITTED TO THE MISSION.

Bulletpoint Mounting Solutions came on as a brand partner for the Mission 22 Tundra giveaway, and they have kept going since.

Thank you for putting purpose behind your brand.

#Mission22 #SupportVeterans

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

Honoring the life and legacy of Pat Tillman, who would have turned 50 today.

In 2002 he walked away from the NFL and enlisted with his brother Kevin. Both became Rangers. He was killed in Afghanistan in 2004 at 27.

Twenty-two years later his legacy has endured.

🇺🇸

#Mission22

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

@smoke0914 Thank you for including us and for raising support for Veterans. Grateful for everyone hanging out and showing up. Cheering you on!

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

You were trained to stay partly alert even while you slept. One ear open. Up before the alarm.

Then you came home, and nobody ever told your body the watch was over.

You are not bad at sleeping. You are still standing a post nobody relieved you from.

#Mission22 #PTSDTruths

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

@BengalBombSquad @whodeybaby @BengalsCaptain @thewhobae @wholywhodey @TheBengalThing @BengalMillion @Darth_Bengaul @BengalsBrews @BengalsBourbon @OrangeArrow4 Thank you, Bengal Bomb Squad, and a big thank you to CVG Home Buyers for their generosity. Support like this helps Veterans, spouses and their families find their way forward, and we're so grateful.

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

@BengalBombSquad @thewhobae @whodeybaby @wholywhodey @BengalsCaptain @BengalsBrews @BengalsBourbon @Darth_Bengaul @zinci @BengalMillion @LordCreweKills Thank you, Bengal Bomb Squad, and thank you to your whole tailgate family! Your $977 gift helps Veterans, spouses and their families. We're so grateful.

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

The average military kid changes schools six to nine times before graduating high school. Three times more often than their civilian classmates.

Nobody hands them a uniform. Nobody calls it service.

📷 DVIDS

#Mission22 #MilitaryFamilyMonth

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

There are roughly 170,000 American service members serving outside the United States right now.

Every one of them belongs to somebody.

R.E.D. Remember Everyone Deployed. 🔴

📷 Airman 1st Class Matthew Almazan

#Mission22 #RememberEveryoneDeployed

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

@ThatFknGuy4420 @ThatFknGuy4420 Right back at you, Jasper. Thank you for standing with Veterans and their families. The Mission 22 Team

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

"Let me know if you need anything" puts the next move on the person already struggling.

They have to name a need, decide it is worth asking for, and make the call. Most will not.

Say the specific thing instead. I'm coming by Thursday.

#Mission22 #WhatNotToSay

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

In 1871 a study of 300 Civil War soldiers found racing hearts and chest pain no injury explained. They called it soldier's heart.

Shell shock. Battle fatigue. PTSD in 1980.

Five names in 150 years. The wound never changed. We kept running out of words for it.

#Mission22 #PTSD

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

Today is National Day of the Deployed.

Thank you to every service member standing a post far from home right now, and to every family counting the days until they walk back through the door.

Both of those are service. 🇺🇸

📷 DVIDS

#Mission22 #NationalDayOfTheDeployed

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

It was 6:22 on a Sunday morning.

241 Americans were killed in Beirut. 220 Marines, 18 sailors, 3 soldiers.

Forty-three years later it remains the deadliest day for the Marine Corps since Iwo Jima.

They Came In Peace.

#Mission22 #Beirut

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

There is a record of what you were exposed to.

ILER is a joint DoD and VA system tracking exposure across a military career, including blast overpressure. It is compiled automatically from service records.

VA has used it since 2019.

📷 Staff Sgt. John Bae

#Mission22 #ILER

[Mission 22 @Mission22]

@ETHERFAX Thank you for your support!🇺🇸