Sentinels

Many of the brave military men and women who have served

our country in Afghanistan, Iraq, and other areas since

September 11, 2001 – have suffered service-related injuries

resulting in severe and permanent physical disability.  It is the

mission of the Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation

to assist these permanently disabled veterans in their efforts to

become productive, self-sufficient, integrated members of their

local communities upon their return to civilian life.

We target our comprehensive assistance to highly-motivated men

and women who are amputees, paraplegic, blinded, deaf, and badly

burned or otherwise severely injured and rated sixty percent

or more disabled. The primary targets of our support are enlisted

men and women as they are most in need of support, but we do

not exclude officers. We identify candidates early in their

rehabilitation to have sufficient time to get to know them, so as to

insure to the best of our ability, that they have the will, aptitude

and attitude necessary to successfully make the transition to

civilian life.  We can and have moved quickly when we meet a

veteran near the time of discharge. 

Since inception, Sentinels of Freedom Scholarship Foundation

has awarded 54 scholarships.  The make-up of scholarships is 20

graduates of the program, and 34 still in the scholarship program.