News & Stories
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Reflection
Holiday Volunteering Brings Me More Than Just Good Cheer
December 10, 2025
As he heads out to respond to Hurricane Helene, a Navy veteran reflects on holiday volunteering and service.
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Reflection
In Jamaica, Bearing Witness and Feeling Gratitude
November 26, 2025
A nurse reflects on spending her second Thanksgiving on a humanitarian aid mission with Team Rubicon, and on witnessing the endurance, tenacity, and humanity that arises in the wake of many disasters.
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Greyshirt Always
From Algorithms to Action: How I Became a Disaster Response Volunteer
September 17, 2025
A Greyshirt reflects on his first operation, serving survivors of the Eaton wildfires, and finding a place in the TRibe.
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Reflection
Out of the Ashes of 9/11 and Into a Flood
September 11, 2025
A veteran and Greyshirt reflects on spending the anniversary of the September 11 attacks serving a first responder who served America that day.
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Feature Story
September 9, 2025
Art delaCruz was aboard the USS Enterprise, exiting the Persian Gulf, when a series of four attacks changed the world. Team Rubicon's former CEO reflects on that day and the 9/11 attacks.
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Reflection
Responding to Hurricane Beryl Taught Me That I’m Built to Serve
August 20, 2025
While deployed on his sixth op in a year, a Greyshirt reflected on why he serves, and the cultural principles that increasingly guide him.
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Reflection
A Gristmill House, the Long Island Floods, and a Homecoming
August 15, 2025
Two decades after a family gave him shelter in their historic home, a disaster relief volunteer returns the favor.
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Feature Story
What Texas Taught Me: Reflections From the Field
July 30, 2025
Team Rubicon’s new CEO reflects on his first weeks on the job, and his deployment as a Greyshirt after the July 4 floods.
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Reflection
Actor Goes from Hollywood Set to Helping Wildfire Survivors at Home
May 15, 2025
Evan Holtzman, costar of the hit new movie, “Warfare,” reflects on becoming an LA fires volunteer, his first deployment as a Greyshirt, and serving alongside the kind of military veterans he portrays on film.
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Greyshirt Always
During Disaster Relief, Change Your Socks
April 15, 2025
What does "change your socks" mean? Greyshirt and veteran Pat Ross reveals what's behind the Team Rubicon adage, and how a military term took on new meaning.
