Wounded Warriors

Our armed forces are actively engaged in Operations “Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan and “Iraqi Freedom” in Iraq. Along with our coalition partners, soldiers and Marines are actively seeking out those terrorists and insurgents whose sole aim is to terrorize and destabilize the emerging democracies of Afghanistan and Iraq. Because these are combat operations, Marines and soldiers are wounded or injured and require treatment at medical facilities in Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany and in the United States.

Wounded Warriors, through its generous contributors, supports hospitals and medical facilities in the Afghanistan and Iraq theater of operations, Germany and the United States by donating morale and comfort items such as televisions, DVDs and computers and peripherals for use by the patients and hospital staff.In order to provide the best support possible, we have developed and maintain an extensive list of points of contacts at the military hospitals in the United States and overseas. Our contacts include hospital administrators and military chaplains who support those who are medically evacuated from the field and we, in turn, support them by filling the morale and comfort requirements that they identify . Because we work closely with the hospital staffs, we donate only those items that are needed to best support their patients and operations.

Communication with our contributors is essential. Our monthly newsletter is delivered electronically to thousands of e-mail accounts around the world. We provide our contributors with the latest news and a report of how their generous contributions are being invested. Wounded Warriors is a lean organization. We have no employees. While we maintain an office address for our registered agent, we have no office space. All of our business is conducted over the internet: a true virtual organization that ensures that 95% of the contributions it receives go to the soldiers, airmen, sailors and Marines it supports.

John D. Folsom
Colonel, USMCR