Eight spots. One window, open through November 30th. Shields & Stripes is a free, three-month recovery program for military members, veterans, and first responders. It starts with three weeks in person and continues with nine weeks of telehealth at home, with your family included. Travel, lodging, meals, and treatment are covered. No diagnosis required. If you've been waiting, this is it. If someone you know has been waiting, send them this. 🔗 Apply for a program: https://shieldsandstripes.org/application #ShieldsAndStripes #Veterans #FirstResponders #MilitaryMentalHealth #FirstResponderMentalHealth

You made it. Pull up a chair! What this is This is home base for everyone who's part of the Shields & Stripes mission: military members, veterans, first responders, the families who love them, and the people who back them. It's free and open to anyone, and it's built to last well beyond November. In here, we move together, talk straight, show up for the mission, and keep track of each other. Why we exist Shields & Stripes is a national nonprofit restoring the lives of military members, veterans, and first responders. Our free, three-month program treats the mind and body together: three weeks in person, followed by nine weeks of telehealth at home with their families. It was built by people who've served, for people who are still carrying it. The program can only take a small group at a time. This community has no limit. What we're going for We're aiming high. Here's what this community exists to do: 1. Nobody goes quiet without someone noticing. Make friends. Talk to people. Be the person that another person might need. 2. Make showing up normal. Move every day, together, at every level. 3. Make sure every military member, veteran, and first responder knows help exists. Free, whole-person care, and no diagnosis required to ask for it. If they hear about it from someone in this community, that's amazing. 4. Help us fund the next program, and the one after that, until nobody who needs it has to wait. Our goal is to fund both programs in 2027. 5. Build the strongest community of its kind. Every person you bring in is one more person in someone's corner. Your first three moves 1. Introduce yourself in the roll call post 2. Read the rules. They're short 3. Check out the 21-day challenge starting November 1 Welcome to the team. If today's a hard one, don't wait on a post: Veterans Crisis Line, dial 988 and press 1, or text 838255.