After multiple combat deployments as a Navy SEAL, I struggled to adapt to civilian life. My identity was built around the mission and the team, and when that was gone, I lost my sense of purpose.

I took a job at Goldman Sachs soon after leaving the service, but the shift from service to self-interest left me disconnected and depressed. The hardest thing I’ve ever done wasn’t training or war—it was coming home.

Years of searching for help through the traditional system led nowhere. What finally helped was community, purpose, and alternative therapies that addressed the root causes of trauma.

Through that experience, I’ve seen what happens when we use data, research, and new tools to measure and heal the invisible wounds of service.

The Invisible Wounds Family Foundation was created to honor those we’ve lost and to fight for those still with us—by advancing real solutions, research, and technologies that save lives.

– Jonathan D. Wilson