About The Warrior's Journey
Healing Invisible Wounds
The Warrior’s Journey has been developing innovative new ways to connect warriors in crisis with the help and resources they need. The impact is real. We are providing help, strengthening families, and saving lives.
- Since its founding, TWJ has provided presentations to over 310,000 warriors and military leaders.
- In 2023, the Warrior’s Journey provided ongoing case-management support to 6,729 warriors in crisis.
- In 2023, TWJ saved 389 lives through their suicide intervention efforts bringing our total interventions to 2,087 warriors.
Challenges
TWJ focuses on addressing several challenges faced by our warriors.
Isolation
Too often, warriors are left to face the challenges of their military experience on their own. Isolation is the challenge that can turn a difficult situation into a crisis, and it’s isolation that too often costs warriors their lives.
A moment of crisis is not always on the battlefield. The stress of reintegration, the long-term effects of survivor guilt, and feelings of isolation, loss, and moral injury can surface at any time. TWJ provides 24-hour-a-day access to a connector, no matter the severity of the crisis. Our warriors deserve more than a hotline or governmental form. Through the healing process, they deserve another warrior with the experience and wisdom to be their personal advocate (battle buddy). There are currently more than 37,000 veteran organizations in the US. No warrior should have to navigate those options alone.
How it WOrks
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A warrior or family member contacts TWJ online, in-person, or through a referral.
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TWJ matches the warrior to a connector based on role, rank, branch, and gender.
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The connector responds within 24 hours (often just minutes) to triage the situation and help build an action plan.
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The connector helps navigate partner resources and the next steps. These can include ongoing personal conversations, professional counseling or coaching, partner programs, and VA assistance.
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TWJ continues regular check-ins to provide future resources and help.
Warriors Helping Warriors
The Warrior’s Journey has been finding new ways to connect warriors and overcome isolation. Through workshops, military unit engagement, and resiliency centers, warriors are finding ways to support one another. By partnering with local veterans, TWJ has been able to establish resiliency centers in:
- Ramstein Air Base, Kaiserslautern, Germany
- McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas
- Springfield, Missouri
- Fort Bliss, Texas (Coming Soon)
Endorsements
“The efforts of ‘The Warrior’s Journey’ are having a profound effect on building, and even rebuilding, the lives of our Warriors. This organization is offering opportunities to every Warrior, and to their families, on a scale never seen before. I’m confident that through their relational work, we will continue to see an impactful difference in the lives of all our troops, and those connected to them.” — Gen. Stanley McChrystal, U.S. Army, Retired
“I am amazed at what The Warrior’s Journey does and have done for our veterans and their families. As one who has worked for veterans for many years I have never met a more dedicated and effective organization. Their work with potential suicides is especially noteworthy and should be a model for others.” — Major General Patrick Brady
