Welcome to The Warriors Legacy Foundation (WLF)!

By joining our ranks today you are standing shoulder to shoulder with the only organization in our great nation that is steadfastly dedicated to the protecting the legacy and honor of ALL those who have served this great nation. A Warrior is not defined by valor awards, era, deployments or branch of service. Rather a Warrior is someone dedicated to a noble code entrenched in honor and understands the importance of protecting our American way of life no matter what is asked of them.

Today so many seem confused as in how to embrace the veteran. Is the only way to honor a veteran’s service through federal assistance? How do we address the combat Warrior’s sacrifice and not ignore the peace time Warrior’s readiness?

At WLF, there is no distinction in service to our nation. No generational bigotry. No valor elitism. One unapologetic message with millions of messengers.

Of all the things that America represents in the world, the American Warrior is by far the most respected and revered. Our economy will ebb and flow. Our favorable approval across the different regions of the globe will bounce back and forth. The one thing that will never change, from Korea to Spain and from Moscow to Baghdad: American sovereignty and those who defend it. They are America’s one and only never ending natural resource. The American Warrior is literally the backbone of our nation’s majesty and the nucleus of our Super Power greatness.

If America only respected her warriors the way other nations who have fought us have, there would be no reason to exist at The Warrior Legacy Foundation. We spend billions of dollars on the way young children from other nations look at American servicemen and woman, but not a dime on the way young children in our own country view military service. Our purpose is simple and our goal is audacious. We will change American culture’s perception of the American veteran. Children will announce they want to serve in our nation’s military and teachers will applaud their aspirations, rather than regard them as lowering their standards. Parents need to see veterans for what they are: the best that every generation had to offer. Serving your country will be considered to be a career worthy of distinction, not a last resort for misguided youth.

Wounded Warriors are not to be pitied. We see people on the street look away from wounded heroes every day. Strangers hand them money rather than address how special these Americans are. WLF will remind Americans that when they see an Injured Warrior they should thank God that our nation still produces such selflessness.

There will never be a group that wants to generalize all veterans by those who need compassion and assistance. We will not allow our injured comrades or those who gave their lives to have that sacrifice mocked by the hidden agendas of partisans. The very same people who scream about the homelessness of veterans call Post Traumatic Stress a “disorder.” There is no veteran who has ever served that didn’t experience stress. And no one in combat has ever avoided trauma.

Post Traumatic Stress is not an odd phenomenon. You would never call a bullet wound injury, “Weakened Flesh Syndrome,” would you?

I have seen men grazed by bullets and some receive fatal wounds. No one would characterize a Warrior’s toughness regarding how they were wounded. The guy who didn’t get hit is no more brave than the individual who was shot many more times. Therefore, no one should victimize those with Post Traumatic Stress.

Combat and service are handled differently by all Warriors. I have seen the toughest of men pass out from a vaccination needle and men who wore size youth medium t shirt clear a trench full of jihadists. Service teaches us not to judge. Service teaches us so much that has made us all better people and more appreciative citizens.

I have never met a college educated veteran who has learned more in a four year University than they did on a basic training field at 0400 hours on a cold morning. Four years of military service is far more educational, life changing and professionally developing than any secondary school in this country. Yet on the resume the veteran with four years as an Air Traffic Controller is constantly overlooked by the four year Liberal Arts major graduate. That must change.

The title Warrior has never meant more. And the hallowed legacy of the Warrior must be honored and defended.

We are not to be pitied. We will not be victimized.

Join us and together… we can literally change the culture of our great nation.

David Bellavia

Executive Director