A Message from the Founder
Baghdad, Iraq — 2008 & 2010
"I know what it feels like to come home from war and not know how to live in peace. Turning the Tides exists because of what saved me — and I want that for every veteran still fighting their invisible battle."
I served two combat tours to Baghdad, Iraq — in 2008 and again in 2010 — as an infantryman in the United States Army. What I saw and experienced over there followed me home in ways I wasn't prepared for. Like a lot of combat veterans, I came back carrying weight that doesn't show up on an X-ray.
For a long time I struggled with PTSD in silence. What started to turn things around for me wasn't a program or a clinic — it was other veterans. People who had been there. Who didn't need me to explain why I couldn't sleep or why certain sounds put me on edge. Just being around people who understood made all the difference.
That's why I started Turning the Tides. I want to give combat veterans a place to land — somewhere beautiful, peaceful, and real — surrounded by a community that gets it. If it worked for me, it can work for others. That's what this is all about.
