Event review of Bob Marshall Wilderness Dual Skills Camp July 2022.   I had heard the term wilderness before, but I didn't fully appreciate what it meant until I spent a week hiking over 70 miles through the Bob Marshall wilderness doing trail maintenance with BHA's Armed Forces initiative. This is an amazing part of the country, and I am so thankful to the Armed Forces Initiative for offering me a chance to go. Having seen the Bob Marshall it's so much easier for me to explain to folks why ...

  Letter from a participant at our Learn to Pheasant hunt event in South Dakota. Dec 2022 "Hope your drive to Oklahoma is going well. I wanted to reach out and thank you and the other mentors for this experience. I was in a really Dark Place before coming out here, but after visiting with you, Darren, and Ken I can see the light at the tunnel.  Thank you for everything you do for me and all the other folks like me. Your right I just feel better out here."      

AFI Event Review North Carolina 2023 Clarification: this review is more on the performance of one of our volunteers in North Carolina over a series of events versus one event, but I thought it was important to highlight this individual's contribution to conservation. I wanted to compliment your North Carolina staff member, Hunter Owen. I first met Hunter in 2021 at a learn-to-hunt event on Fort Liberty. His charisma and leadership, along with the BHA and AFi mission, impressed me so much ...

Congratulations Ryan Burkert on being the 2024 Eisenhower Award recipient     Ryan's remarks: In June 2020, I separated from the Army and moved to Montana to start the next phase of my life.  We were moving here to enjoy the public lands and waters. I didn’t grow up hunting, and when I moved to Montana, I had only hunted once but never filled a single tag…ever…anywhere.   As I left the military, I was also looking for an opportunity to continue to serve and give back.  I just happened to ...

Thank you all for attending the Learn to Western Hunt event series hosted by the Armed Forces Initiative. This Armed Forces initiative lunch and learn event is focused on western hunting part III. Introduction to western hunting is a three-part series and you can find the other two parts on our channel. In part three we are discussing western big animal biology, hunting tactics, and habitat best suited to pursue numerous species in order to give you the best chance of experiencing hunting ...