On June 18, Ford hosted its first “Proud to Honor: Bronco Off-Roadeo” Veteran, military and survivor-focused event in Horseshoe Bay, TX. In collaboration with Blue Star Families, Ford hosted 150 members of our community, such as TAPS, Travis Manion Foundation, Guitars 4 Vets, Team Rubicon and Ford’s Veteran Employee Resource Group. Representatives from VA—including VBA—were on hand to provide information about resources and claims processing.
Each participant experienced a 4-hour Bronco excursion that celebrated service, connectedness and adventure. Bronco Off-Roadeo is an adventure driving school where enthusiasts can receive instruction on how to take Bronco family SUVs off-road safely and responsibly. Participants traversed rugged terrain, allowing those military tactics and techniques to branch forward while navigating and examining extreme obstacles. This excursion did more than just highlight the natural attributes of one’s military career, it brought a therapeutic approach by providing camaraderie, shared compassion and healing between the Veterans.
As for extended support and services, VA (and VBA) was able to experience this event in a different light. Ford and Blue Star Families invited VA representatives to come on-site to connect and hold space for the Veterans and their families. Services extended from outreach resources from the Veterans Experience Office to health care services from Whole Health and Recreation Therapy to VA enrollment support, to benefits and claims support from the VBA to Center of Development and Civic Engagement (CDCE) and Vet Center resources. Veterans and their families were able to schedule appointments before the event, get enrolled if needed, and gather additional resources with no questions left behind.
One of many highlights from the event was a Veteran’s wife expressing elation and gratefulness that VBA was on-site to provide her with all the information she inquired about her husband.
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Listing random sh!t all over the country, but not actually at every state in the country… What civilian thought of this chaotic system?
Having been a part of Team Rubicon and to see they are involved with some many communities is very heart warming.
The thing about Team Rubicon is they are everywhere you are. Wherever you live they are not too far that you cannot be a part of.
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Regarding the June 18 “Proud to Honor: Bronco Off-Roadeo” Veteran, military and survivor-focused event in Horseshoe Bay, TX. Is there any chance of this type of event being offered to Veterans in Northern California. It seems like most events highlighted in VA News take place in states other than my state of California. And it would be informative if every time “VA News” posts an event in a particular state, it also listed all VA sponsored events for that month occurring in each state. Also does VA News make note of upcoming events prior to the event or just as an after thought after they’ve occured? If I lived in Texas and knew ahead of time regarding Bronco Off-Roadeo I would have signed up for it.
Why are Bronco”s made in Mexico?
I did not attend this event. However, I remember another time Ford supported veterans. Ford shipped a few Mustangs all the way to Vietnam for a car show. I felt it was a special treat. I got home and bought a Mustang Boss 302. Thank you Ford.
This is amazing hi I’m a disabled veteran. I love to volunteer and would be honored to participate so I can meet other veteran with disabilities like mine I’m new to this process and feel lost .confused and need a battle buddy. I hold a lot of license such as 88 mic ,army honorably discharged sadly I’m deaf. In my left ear and 20 percent left in my right. I model and have raised a lot of money for disabled veterans. I have my pharmaceutical license and cosmetology and cna .I started working in nursing homes taking care of the veterans then I evolved to hospice more money and I was able to meet veterans from all different wars. .suffering from cancer and I took care of them up until there last breathe .prepared them for the corner and family and always went to everyone of my clients funerals. Now I have so much wrong with me I wanted to run and I and avoid avoid and run away. After talking to my Professor whom because of hipaa I can’t release he is a veteran and I gave him my word I’m over my pitty party soldiers are built strong god builds angels to heal and solider to protect so I had find my self learn to stand up for myself and . So far I’m not on any seizure meds . No pain meds and I fired my primary . Odd never available when I need her until I go in and stand there white as a ghost and say well there are law that veteran still possess and to release certain information my whole entire VA record to the er . With out my consent I ended up have 8 seizures that day being transfered from sterling Illinois VA to a civilian hospital where I was treated really bad ly . 9am to 12 didn’t sign any paper guy came in no name tag I’m notw getting service from someone without proper identification. Number one rule I’m going to graduate from health care administration associates I grabbed the ambulance report the hospital report and my VA records .didn’t sign any papers removed my own iv . After all I was trained at war time .I walked out
Why is there all of these interesting activities everywhere but where I live
So unfair
Will there be another event like this in Georgia I heard about this event after it was over
I would like to participate in this program.