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Restoring lives, strengthening families, and honoring sacrifice within the SOF community.
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OUR PILLARS OF SUPPORT
COUPLES RETREATS
Operation Healing Forces conducts week-long therapeutic retreats for Special Operations couples throughout the United States and worldwide. Each retreat is led by an OHF Retreat Lead who is a veteran and respected member of the SOF community. With a trusted SOF lead, service members and spouses are able to open up, share, and discover resources in an emotionally and physically safe peer-to-peer environment.
CAREGIVER RETREATS
Operation Healing Forces designed and implemented resilience-based Caregiver Retreats to create a safe space for SOF caregivers to recharge, while also helping to encourage and support one another during the retreat - and beyond. Many caretakers shoulder the major responsibility of managing daily care and medical treatment for their wounded, ill, or injured service member, along with juggling the daily responsibilities of caring for a family and running a household.
Immediate Needs and Resources
OHF’s Special Operations Additional Resource (SOAR) Program serves as a vital safety net for the SOF community, offering critical support during times of hardship, emergency crisis, and career transition. At its core is the Immediate Needs Program (INP), which delivers rapid, compassionate assistance to wounded, ill, injured, and Fallen SOF service members and their families.
Their Lives Are Our Mission
Operation Healing Forces’ mission is to serve the needs of America’s wounded, ill, injured, and fallen Special Operations Forces service members, veterans, their families, caregivers, and survivors through a suite of programs that promote long-term mental, physical, emotional, and fiscal well-being.
Therapeutic Couples and Caregiver retreats for SOF Families
SOF Couples and Caregiver retreats planned annually
invested in the development and implementation of essential programs.
SOF Family Members served annually through our programs
Immediate Needs Recipient
“As we navigated the emotional and physical demands of my heart transplant surgery at Duke University Hospital, your team stepped in with compassion and generosity that made a profound difference. The adaptive equipment you provided will help ease daily burdens, and the financial assistance you extended brought much-needed relief during a time of uncertainty.”
Veteran Gabe Huerta
Retreat Participant
“I think it’s safe to say that a retreat allowing time to reconnect also brings light to imperfections and the areas we can work on. It was really beautiful how the couples banded together to help strengthen those in need.”
Ryan and Nicole Blakeslee
Retreat Participant
“The opportunity to bond with other spouses who understand the unique demands of Special Operations was invaluable. Morgan and I both felt seen, supported, and uplifted.”
Paul and Morgan DuClos
SOAR Program Recipient
“Thanks to your support, I now have mobility I thought was lost forever. For the first time in years, I can run and play with my 7-year old son. He has never seen me move without pain. The moment I could chase him without hesitation or profound pain was overwhelming. You did not just help me walk again; you gave me the ability to be the father my son deserves.”
L. Jeff Gantt, MSgt
Retreat Participant
“To see my husband be a part of something he has missed so much. Retirement has been hard on him and he has struggled to find friendships that understand what our life has been like while in the military.”
Comments from SOF couples retreats
