The Vail Veterans Program summer retreat is designed to help recently severely wounded U.S. military forces rehabilitate and rebuild confidence through outdoor activities. Most of the wounded are flown in from Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. Some 250 wounded troops have participated since 2004. The visits to the Rocky Mountain retreat have been incorporated into Walter Reed's rehab program for troops who have suffered from traumatic injuries, including amputations, brain injuries and other severe wounds, most of which sustained in combat in Afghanistan and Iraq.
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A group of severely wounded U.S. servicemen stand for a group photo on July 30, 2009 at the Yarmony Lodge near McCoy. The servicemen and their families had come to the remote Rocky Mountain ranch to take part in the Vail Veterans Program summer retreat.
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