I sat on top of Mt. Yekel – by the way, I had the best seat in the house – to see the sea of mountains and nature unfolding. I did some sketching and introspected in my solo experience and I came up with this:
By: Jennifer Patronas, USAF Veteran Reintegration after a deployment does not end on Homecoming Day. Of course, it is an exciting day to be welcomed home, but is followed by a huge adjustment period for the entire family. Everyone changes after deployment. Everyone has unique
Isolated by Mark Seery, 1998 the silent screams of my sleep surpassed only by the stifled screams of my wake fear, rage and mistrust i don’t bend break like i used to don’t push me kick a dog get bit The Change by Mark Seery,
The Science Behind Huts For Vets By Stephen Otero As a human who is consistently humbled by the power of our environment, I believe in the healing properties of life which exist all around us. Sometimes all we must do is stop, look, be present,
My name is Erik Villaseñor. I served in the US Army as an infantryman from 2006 to 2012, with two combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. I’m 33 years old. I’m a husband, a father of two amazing children, a reader and writer, hiker and mountain biker. I’m also thrilled to announce that I am the new program director of Huts For Vets.
Life Lessons from Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Wilderness Survival When I first pondered Tom Brown’s Field Guide to Wilderness Survival, I was sitting in a small discussion circle with fellow combat veterans atop Mt. Yeckel at 11,200 feet above sea level watching a storm
Huts For Vets helped change a man’s life By Erik Schlimmer During the spring of 2019, when I finished my master’s degree in clinical social work and gained my license to practice, I was anxious to get to work. Since therapists had helped me process
Words by HFV alumnus Adam Stump After attending a Huts For Vets trip in late June and early July, I left coming away wondering why years of therapy failed time and time again. When I returned from deployment in 2011, I went to therapy after
By Mike Greenwood, HFV alumnus, trip leader and co-moderator Revisiting a painful past is never easy, and often not a good thing. I am a firm believer that we should live our lives focused on the future with the lessons from our past being just
Huts for Vets was founded in Aspen, Colorado in January 2013 to provide, at no cost to participants, wilderness and communal experiences as therapeutic healing for U.S. veterans and active-duty service members.
