After Losing a Family Friend, Matt Rogers Uses His Voice to Confront Veteran Suicide

After losing a family friend, Matt Rogers uses his voice to confront veteran suicide

When country artist Matt Rogers learned that a close personal friend and a decorated veteran of both the U.S. Marine Corps and Army died by suicide on May 30, 2024, he was in the middle of a tour. He couldn’t make it back in time for the funeral. Instead, he did what he could from the road—he wrote. He and his guitarist, Nick Reed, a combat veteran, began working on a song in a hotel room after a show. “Nick’s lost friends the same way… We more …

Mission 22 works to fight against veteran suicide

With the wrap-up of the 7 Mile Bluegrass Festival, which collected canned goods and donations for veterans, Tammy Downs McCaffrey, one of the two Ohio state representatives for Mission 22, shared information about what many veterans are dealing with.

Mission of Mercy brings mobile dental care to veterans - Gettysburg Connection

A new partnership between Mission of Mercy and Platoon 22 is delivering much-needed dental care to veterans—quickly and with powerful results. Unlike collaborations that often take months to develop, this initiative came together with a single phone call and a fast meeting to finalize logistics. The concept is straightforward: Mission of Mercy operates a fully