WQW Impact: How Two Brothers Recreated Meaningful Memories on the Yellowstone

WQW’s new Board leadership is comprised of a diverse mix of national industry leaders that will help guide the organization’s capacity building and strategy to maximize its impact on post-9/11 combat veterans.

WQW Alum and Guide, Jordan, had a once in a lifetime experience exploring the Preserve and the surrounding Lee Metcalf Wilderness, and seeing various forms of wildlife, such as elk, mule deer, whitetail deer, and a wolf.

Reflecting on Warriors & Quiet Waters in 2023, three words resonate profoundly: Mission, Vision, and Values.

It is with great pleasure that we announce the well-deserved promotion of Jesse LeNeve to the position of Director of Program Operations.

WQW has equipped me with the tools to shed the weight of my past, and accepting their help has been nothing short of transformative.

Meet Curtis, a U.S. Marine Veteran who came to Warriors & Quiet Waters (WQW) in search of a thriving life.

Post-9/11 combat veteran Larry has been a part of the Warriors & Quiet Waters Family for almost a decade.

My first exposure to Warriors & Quiet Waters (WQW) was about five years after I was medically retired from the Army.

Since being wounded in 2004 and medically retired from the Army, finding my purpose and learning to thrive with my “new normal” has been a long and arduous journey.

After my first Fishing Experience (FX) with Warriors & Quiet Waters (WQW), I knew I had found something incredible.

Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation’s fifth annual Warrior Taste Fest raised over $770,000 during their sold-out event in support of post-9/11 combat veterans.

When was Warrior Taste Fest created?

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Watch our first State of the Organization Address here!

The original logo of Warriors & Quiet Waters is the seal of a dream to make the lives of post-9/11 veterans worth living following traumatic, and sometimes catastrophic, wounds sustained in combat.

In 2007, when Warriors & Quiet Waters (WQW) was founded, our mission was to provide therapeutic recreation and rehabilitation to wounded servicemen and women through the medium of fly fishing in beautiful, serene southwest Montana.

In 1993 I left Montana to join the Marine Corps and spent the next 27 years living all over America and overseas.

I give because if others hadn’t, I wouldn’t be here.

For the first time, WQW has created a formal Alumni Engagement Program to provide essential, long-term support to Warrior alumni and their loved ones.