VETERANS EXPEDITIONS

The journey home can be difficult. Let us help.

Outward Bound for Veterans helps thousands of returning service members and recent veterans readjust to life at home through powerful wilderness courses that draw on the healing benefit of teamwork and challenge through use of the natural world.

 **If you are currently enrolled on an Outward Bound California Veterans program and are looking for your course information, click here.

Thanks to the generous support of our donors, these courses are available tuition and travel-expense free to any veteran or active duty service member that has deployed to a combat area.

Explore veterans expeditions and eligibility here or reach out to [email protected] with any questions.

SUPPORT FOR OUR VETERANS

Outward Bound for Veterans began by partnering with Veterans Administration PTSD units to serve Vietnam War veterans. Renewed in 2006, it expanded to include Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, growing rapidly with the support of a $4.3 million Military Family Outdoor Initiative grant in 2008. Today, thanks to ongoing support from our community and generous private donors, we are able to continue this program.

Our wilderness expeditions help veterans readjust to life at home by drawing on the healing power of teamwork, challenge, and nature. These courses recreate the strengths experienced in combat—courage, comraderie, competence—in a positive context, supporting veterans in their transition back to civilian life.

Vet Testimonial

"I have traveled thousands of miles in my life, in my career and in my deployments, but the last 6 days and 30 miles is the most life changing when my life needed a change." —Mikaela