Mentorship.
Through Mentorship
If you Learn it, it Works for you, PASS IT ON.
Your Community needs that. Your Family needs that.
Our Veterans need that. Your Team needs that.
Past National Commander Jim Sursely, who continues to enjoy his passion for archery and hunting despite losing three limbs, works with Marine veteran and double leg amputee Josh Brubaker.
POSTED TO DAV.ORG ON FEB 14, 2017 BY STEVEN WILSON
One hallmark of the nation’s military and veteran community is seasoned, more knowledgeable members passing on lessons gleaned through hard-fought experience to younger up-and-comers.
Building on common experiences, mentorship—especially among severely injured veterans—has proven a significant factor in creating a “new normal.”
Take for example Past National Commander Jim Sursely, a triple amputee wounded by an anti-tank mine explosion in Vietnam. In 2016 at the Boulder Crest Retreat in Bluemont, Va., Sursely stepped into the role of mentor for Marine veteran Josh Brubaker, who lost his legs to an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan.....
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