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  • Joey Barrow volunteering with a disability

    Reflection

    Embracing the Challenge to Serve

    July 26, 2024

    A Greyshirt with a disability reflects on serving in Team Rubicon, and how his life and service to others is better for it.

  • Hurricane Beryl damage

    Reflection

    Hurricane Beryl Destroyed My Neighborhood. It Gave Me Back My Empathy.

    July 24, 2024

    A Greyshirt who has spent a career in disaster relief reflects on how a Texas hurricane turned the tables on his family and reminded him what disaster survivors really go through.

  • Reflection

    Finding Love, Acceptance, and Hope While Serving Refugees

    June 20, 2024

    For Refugee Day, a Greyshirt reflects on serving Afghan citizens resettling in the United States, and the lessons he learned.

  • Reflection

    Following in My Father’s Footsteps

    June 13, 2024

    A Greyshirt reflects on the father who was always serving, and how that service led him to the TRibe.

  • Reflection

    They Asked, I Told

    June 3, 2024

    A veteran reflects on his love of service, his separation from the military just before Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, and finding a new family in the TRibe.

  • Reflection

    What Memorial Day Means to Me

    May 24, 2024

    U.S. Navy veteran, Greyshirt, and Team Rubicon CEO, Art delaCruz, reflects on celebration, mourning, and honoring those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

  • Reflection

    Each Roaring Chainsaw a Hymn of Progress

    May 17, 2024

    From the shores of Hawai'i to wherever the next disaster strikes, I’ve been made ready to serve—and found a path that honors my ancestors and fulfills my commitment to humanity.

  • Reflection

    Fighting Fires Past and Future with My Mom 

    May 11, 2024

    A Greyshirt reflects on getting the extraordinary opportunity to give back to the county that raised her, with the person who raised her.

  • Reflection

    My Mother’s Day Gift Was a Greyshirt

    May 10, 2024

    A Greyshirt reflects on bringing the next generation into the TRibe, and serving alongside her eldest son on his first operation.

  • Reflection

    A Better Tomorrow

    April 17, 2024

    A volunteer responding to tornadoes in Ohio gets a glimpse at the hidden value of the work Greyshirts do.