The Foundation for Exceptional Warriors - The FEW

11/04/2026

Exceptional Warriors are always needed

11/02/2026

🇺🇸 November is Military Family Appreciation Month 🇺🇸

At The Foundation for Exceptional Warriors (The FEW), we know that service is a commitment shared by the entire family.

Behind every deployment, goodbye, and homecoming are loved ones carrying responsibilities and making sacrifices that often go unseen.

❤️ Spouses keeping families connected while managing the demands of everyday life.

🤍 Children navigating new schools, new friendships, and time apart from someone they love.

💙 Parents and loved ones waiting, worrying, praying, and offering steady support.

Military families know the ache of an empty seat at the holiday table, the birthdays celebrated from a distance, and the uncertainty that comes with loving someone who serves. For many, those responsibilities continue long after military service ends.

That is why honoring our warriors also means supporting the families who walk beside them. Their well-being, connection, and sense of belonging matter, too.

This November, The FEW honors the spouses, children, parents, and loved ones of our service members and Veterans. We see your strength. We recognize your sacrifices. We are grateful for your love and dedication.

🇺🇸 You serve, too. You are seen, valued, and appreciated.

10/29/2026

10/25/2026

10/24/2026

🇺🇸 Remembering the Fallen | Operation Urgent Fury

October 25–27, 1983, Rangers from the 1st and 2nd Ranger Battalions helped lead Operation Urgent Fury in Grenada, conducting a daring low-level parachute assault to seize Point Salines Airfield and rescue American citizens at the True Blue Medical Campus.

The Foundation for Exceptional Warriors honors the eight Rangers who gave their lives during this operation:

1st Ranger Battalion
• Pfc. Marlin R. Maynard
• Pfc. Russell L. Robinson
• Spc. Mark O. Yamane
• Sgt. Mark A. Rademacher
• Sgt. Randy E. Cline

2nd Ranger Battalion
• Spc. Philip S. Grenier
• Sgt. Kevin J. Lannon
• Sgt. Stephen E. Slater

Behind every name is a life of service, a family forever changed, and a legacy we have a responsibility to remember.

We honor their courage, their brotherhood, and their sacrifice. May their families and fellow Rangers always know that their loved ones are not forgotten.

Rangers Lead the Way! 🇺🇸

10/23/2026

Today, The Foundation for Exceptional Warriors pauses to honor the 220 Marines, 18 sailors, and 3 soldiers who lost their lives in the Beirut barracks bombing on October 23, 1983.

We remember their service, honor their sacrifice, and hold their families, fellow warriors, and the survivors in our hearts and prayers.

Behind each of those 241 lives is a name, a family, and a story deserving of remembrance.

You are not forgotten. Your sacrifice will always matter. 🇺🇸

10/20/2026

On this day in U.S. Army SF history.....19 Oct 2001 – First two U.S. Army teams inserted into Afghanistan to work with Northern Alliance Forces, ODA 555 (5th Special Forces Group). These are the first American military "boots on the ground," after the 9/11 attacks.

The first of several SF elements infiltrated Afghanistan. Eleven members of ODA 555, onboard MH-47 Chinook helicopters, arrived late in the evening at the Astaneh camp in Panjshir Valley and received their initial briefing. Within a few days, ODA 555 would link up with NA’s General Bismullah near Bagram. That same night, the 12 men of ODA 595 infiltrated the Darya Suf Valley on MH-47s to join General Dostum’s forces in Dehi, some 60 miles south of Mazar-e Sharif. Not long after the team split into two sections, one accompanying Dostum to his headquarters, the other remaining at Dehi.

10/12/2026

Today, The Foundation for Exceptional Warriors remembers the 17 sailors who lost their lives in the terrorist attack on the USS Cole, and the 39 others who were wounded.

On October 12, 2000, while the ship was refueling in Aden Harbor, Yemen, terrorists detonated an explosive-laden boat alongside the destroyer, tearing a massive hole in its hull.

Twenty-six years later, we honor the fallen, the courage of the surviving crew, and the families whose lives were forever changed. We hold them in our hearts and prayers.

Their service mattered. Their sacrifice will never be forgotten. 🇺🇸

10/11/2026

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10/09/2026

07 OCTOBER 2001
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM [OEF] BEGINS

The United States launched Operation Enduring Freedom [OEF] in Afghanistan on 07 October 2001 in response to the 11 September terrorist attacks. U.S. and British aircraft struck Taliban and al-Qaeda targets, including airfields, command facilities, air defenses, and training camps.

The opening air campaign was soon combined with operations by U.S. Army Special Forces, CIA teams, and Afghan Northern Alliance forces. Army Special Forces detachments worked closely with Afghan fighters, directing air strikes and helping coordinate ground operations against Taliban positions.

Within weeks, Taliban defenses began to collapse. Mazar-i-Sharif fell on 09 November, followed by Kabul and other major cities. The campaign disrupted al-Qaeda’s sanctuary in Afghanistan and removed the Taliban government from power.

Operation Enduring Freedom developed into a prolonged military campaign that lasted for more than 13 years, becoming the longest sustained overseas combat operation in modern U.S. military history.