WARRIOR
RETREAT
PROGRAMS
find purpose after service
The Alabama Veteran Warrior Retreat is designed to help veterans struggling with PTSD, anxiety, depression, and other combat-related issues. It's a four-day deep dive that guides vets to go deep into themselves, helps them understand their issues and gives them guidance and skills that leads to successful outcomes. More than 6,000 veterans died by their own hand in 2022. Warrior Retreat exists to reduce that number.
Healing Through Community
Every program under the Warrior Retreat umbrella is built around one truth: veterans heal better together than alone.
AV's Warrior Retreats offer veterans a four-day fellowship for healing trauma through Post-Traumatic Growth and Wellbeing. A structured environment of brotherhood, reflection, and real healing.
Separate retreats for men and women — each designed for the unique experiences veterans carry based on their service and gender.
Recreational activities are combined with therapeutic experiences to create a supportive environment for self-reflection and processing the struggles that come home with service.
Marriage Retreats' retreats acknowledge the unique transitions and traumas experienced by veterans' spouses, aiming to counter the high divorce rates among combat veterans.
The program fosters connection, open communication, reconciliation, and mutual respect — equipping couples with the education, tools, and support needed to navigate their PTG journey and renew their partnership.
The Endurance Retreat is built for veterans who are ready to push their limits — physically and mentally. Inspired by military training culture, this retreat combines high-intensity physical challenges with the same PTG framework that powers every Warrior Retreat.
Participants work as a team through demanding outdoor activities designed to build resilience, trust, and a renewed sense of purpose. The mission: prove to yourself what you're still capable of.
Our AV peer-to-peer (P2P) support programs, peer-led by veteran peer-support specialists, offer mentoring, camaraderie, and a genuine sense of belonging.
Individual and group sessions are held at safe locations statewide — a force multiplier for everything else we do. Veterans helping veterans navigate the hardest parts of the transition.
The AV Ambassador Program (AVAP) engages veterans statewide through mentoring, outdoor activities, and resource facilitation. Ambassadors are the primary way Alabama Veteran reaches veterans in every corner of the state.
Be Someone’s 9-Line.
- Peer counseling and facilitating peer groups
- Recruiting volunteers and coordinating outdoor events
- Offering follow-up support to veterans in need
- Representing AV at outreach events statewide
- Connecting veterans in crisis with immediate assistance
In combat, the 9-Line report provides the critical information needed in seconds to collect a wounded warrior and get them to the next level of care. Alabama Veteran uses this same principle for veterans in crisis — providing immediate connection to housing, food, clothing, and support. Ambassadors are trained to be that lifeline.
Our programs only exist because Alabamians show up. Whether you’re helping at a retreat, working an event like War on the Greens or Motors on Main, or simply spreading the word — every hand matters.
Alabama Veteran is powered by volunteers, and there’s a place for you regardless of your background or availability.
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Whether you're a veteran ready to attend a retreat, a spouse looking for support, or someone who wants to serve as an Ambassador — we have a place for you.