Our Mission
Our mission is to organize and promote a community-based Wounded Warrior Center of Excellence, bringing together a team of dedicated government and community leaders to collaborate, share knowledge and initiatives, and develop best practices to maximize resources and provide world class support for our wounded warriors, veterans and their families.
We seek to collaborate and cooperate with current wounded warrior programs and explore new medical, housing, transportation, vocational training and family support roles for the Augusta area, ensuring we provide the gold standard of care to help the nation heal those returning from war.
With the help of The Honorable Doug Barnard (ret., 10th Congressional District of Georgia) and
others, we have been successful at getting the attention of Senators Johnny Isakson and Saxby
Chambliss, and Congressmen John Barrow and Paul Broun. Senator Isakson brought a field hearing
of the Senate VA Committee to Augusta's Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center to highlight the
work of the Active Duty Rehabilitation Unit. It is the nation's only Active Duty Rehab Unit within
a VA facility, and is an example of Department of Defense/VA collaboration called for in Congress'
wounded warrior legislation. (VA Committee Hearing)
Augusta has the #1 affordable housing market in the nation. (www.bizjournal.com) Read the article Here
Augusta is home to the nation's only Active Duty Rehabilitation Unit located within a VA facility (The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center).
GA, SC, FL, AL, MS, NC, TN and KY make up nearly 30% of all active duty personnel
Augusta's Eisenhower Army Medical Center is the number two recipient of medical evacuees from Iraq and Afghanistan, second only to Walter Reed in Washington (source: PCCWW report, July 2007, page 23). Eisenhower AMC consistently ranks in the top three military treatment facilities as a recipient of medical evacuees from the Global War on Terror.
Augusta's Eisenhower Army Medical Center located on Fort Gordon is also home to the Army's Southeast Regional Medical Command.
Augusta's Medical College of Georgia has residents who do rounds at Eisenhower Army Medical Center and the The Charlie Norwood VA Medical Center.