Testimonials about how TR is helping to repurpose veteran’s skills for continued service
How your donations are ‘giving veterans an opportunity to serve’.
“For me, TR is a way for vets to unite behind a common force for good in this world. There is no other organization that provides the sense of purpose that TR instills.”
-Bob Eidson, a UCLA MBA graduate, current Real Estate developer, and Army infantry vet.
“Throughout my years of military service, I’ve spent countless hours honing and perfecting unique and specific skills. Skills that I thought would not have practical uses in the civilian world, but are still vitally important on the battlefield. Until Team Rubicon, these skills would go unused and wasted. Instead, Team Rubicon allows me to use these skills to provide aid to injured people and reminds me that these skills are still important. This reinforces just how valuable my service was and still is and how unique and special these skills really are in today’s world.”
-Matt Pelak Team Rubicon East Coast Coordinator
“When the time came for me to make the decision to end my military commitment, I was plagued by the demons of the missions that I would never be able to do. I searched for an outlet for my energy, I searched for a way to stay involved, I searched for a mission I could do. I found all of these in Team Rubicon.”
-Joshua Webster Team Rubicon Western Region Core Team Member
“The United States Marine Corps has enabled me to proudly serve my country while also giving me a feeling of purpose in my own personal life. Like many other combat veterans who have completed their military service, I wanted to continue and help others in some capacity. Team Rubicon has afforded me a great opportunity to not only help save the lives of others, but also the ability to rescue myself with a new found purpose.”
-Sam Chapetta Team Rubicon West Coast Volunteer
“Since separating from the Marines in May of 2009, I have been having quite a hard time re-entering civilian society. I have sorely missed the friendships and sense of purpose that I had while I served. I honestly didn’t think I would ever find that anywhere else- and then Team Rubicon was born. While serving with TR in Haiti and Chile, I was able to use the skills I had learned in the Corps and I found myself alongside a band of brothers once again, who were all working towards a common goal- to help people who were in dire need of our assistance. That experience has given me a renewed sense of purpose, but more importantly, hope- a hope that I might find a place in the world where I am needed again, and that I can use the skills and the knowledge I gained by serving in the Corps to help make the world a better, brighter place for the people we bring assistance to. Team Rubicon has changed my life, and the future course of it for the better, without a doubt.”
-Clay Hunt Team Rubicon West Cost Volunteer
