Project: Homage To Our Heroes

Our President Javier  served in the United States Marine Corp from January 2002 - January 2007. Deployed to Afghanistan in early 2004, campaign "Operation Enduring Freedom" a Joint Task Force at Bagram Airbase, Afghanistan. Transitioning back home was proving to be  complicated for him. He'd wake up in hyper vigilant state saying he heard loud booms and banging noises. While going about his day he was always paranoid. He avoided public places and large gatherings. Started drinking heavily to cope, as he didn't know he had a problem. Years later was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Anxiety, Depression, and other conditions that are service related. In that time frame  (2007-2010) working many hours of over time and during down time drinking has kept him distracted. Around 2010 He picked up shooting for a hobby that only stuck around for a couple of years. 2012 he started camping and fishing at Lake Mohave NV which later on lead to ocean fishing. Lake and ocean fishing has been his passion since. When he's on the water Fishing his worries drift away. Despite Javier's physical disabilities and struggles to get on the water, he finds it to be tranquil, his place of Zen. Javier finds fishing to be therapeutic a form of coping mechanism for his disabilities. Since finding his coping mechanism and therapy he doesn't drink alcohol much and no longer needs distractions such as working a lot of overtime. He's very heart set on sharing his passion for fishing knowing first hand how much its helped him! The very reason for Creating Project: Homage To Our Heroes Inc is to "Help Spread awareness that my Brothers and Sisters in arms are not alone and there's positive ways to cope that's not through self harm" Javier M.