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Built for those who served

Our mission is built around service, nature, and shared experience.

Our mission

Honor in motion.

At Veteran's Outdoor Therapy, we believe the outdoors reaches places that waiting rooms cannot. Our mission is to honor the service of Soldiers who have been deployed — and who, in some instances, carry the wounds of war, both the ones that are visible and the ones that are not — by bringing them into open country. We extend that same welcome to Gold Star families and their children, whose loss is its own kind of deployment. Hunting, fishing, horseback riding, hiking, and camping offer a blend of physical activity, camaraderie, and emotional healing that no clinic can replicate: hard effort in fresh air, quiet when quiet is needed, and the company of people who understand without being told, and room to reconnect with open country and with themselves. Time out there takes the edge off the stress a person is carrying, steadies mental well-being, and builds the resilience that makes the transition back to civilian life easier to walk. Our hope is that what happens out there lasts: a step toward healing, and a community that is still standing beside them long after the trip ends.

Veterans gathering outdoors

Our mission on film

Why the outdoors matter.

This film was produced for Veteran's Outdoor Therapy and captures the purpose that connects every hunt, fishing trip, horseback experience, event, volunteer, and mission partner.

Our compass

  • Camaraderie
  • Open country
  • Hands busy
  • Evenings around the fire
  • People who open their land
  • It outlasts the trip

New from the field

Healing through horses.

See how time with horses, trusted hosts, and fellow Veterans creates room for connection beyond the noise of everyday life.