Rep. Brian Mast, R-Fla., and several U.
S. veterans spoke to Fox News Digital about troubling reports that the Department of Veterans Affairs is denying veterans access to their preferred health care providers. Marine Corps veteran and Warriors Heart executive director Michael O’Dell of Texas — along with others — took part in a recent bold adventure to raise money and awareness for important veterans' and military responders' support groups across America.
"The beautiful thing about this expedition was that we're in this same fight together — and nobody's on an island," O'Dell told Fox News Digital in a telephone interview. "We're in the same battle fighting the same stuff and talking about what America's warriors need today." The inaugural expedition took place from June 27 to July 8 as the group climbed the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
VETERAN AND MILITARY NONPROFITS THAT HELP AMERICA'S HEROES ARE FOCUS OF ‘ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME’ ADVENTURE Task Force Expedition (TFE), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, organized the event, with a mission to raise funds and awareness for handpicked nonprofits through "once-in-a-lifetime" adventures, according to its website and those involved. O'Dell said that he has been "lead[ing] the charge to guide veterans back home – not just geographically, but into a place of healing and recovery." Michael R.
O’Dell, a Marine Corps veteran who is active in helping America's heroes fight personal battles long after they've served our nation.