TUSF Warrior Ride

  To promote awareness regarding military-related suicides and help us raise funds to facilitate our mission, we have created the TUSF Warrior Ride. Kyle Bigue, a fellow combat-veteran, warrior and brother, will be conducting a 3,300 mile bike ride from Boston, MA to San Diego, CA. Notably, a stretch of Kyle’s ride will take him through Bloomington, IL, where a portion of Route I-55 is named after one of our many fallen heroes, SGT Anthony Maddox.

  America’s Service Member and Veteran Community represents less than 10% of the adult population. For the Nation, these small communities have carried the burden of prolonged conflict in austere environments against unconventional enemies. The constant exposure to wartime trauma, high-tempo of military life, historical lack of emphasis on mental health within military communities, and a disengaged general public have created an environment wherein Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is prevalent, and military communities feel alienated and disconnected from the rest of the American population.

  For us here at The Ultimate Sacrifice Foundation (TUSF), this is unsatisfactory. We have made it the primary tenet of our mission to help our military communities fight and win these invisible battles.

  Data from hundreds of peer-reviewed studies show that positive community engagement and social connection are substantial factors in suicide prevention. TUSF embodies these findings and vows to provide events and retreats that promote community-healing and relationship-building within American’s Service Member and Veteran populations. This is our mission. This is why we exist.