Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters
Build Resilience
and Restore
Optimal BrainHealth
Support Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters, an initiative to provide essential brain health tools for United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) operators, veterans and their families – helping those with traumatic brain injury (TBI), post-traumatic stress (PTS) and similar issues, as well as building resilience ahead of deployment.
Thanks to a $2 million challenge match from Admiral Bill McRaven, funds raised for this program will be matched through July 31, 2025.
For more donation options, please call 972-883-3408 or email Gail Cepak.
Read or download the pdf flyer or 4-page flipbook
*graphic representation showing change over time with and without SMART training, based on decades of research with warfighters and other populations (different subjects can have more or less change)
Staying physically fit allows warriors and protectors to rebound from physical injury faster, but the standard for returning to normal brain health is different. We have heard far too many warriors say – “they say I may be ‘normal’, but I am not me.”
Research shows military service members face consistent interrelated health and functional impairments, including traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress, sleep disturbance, depression, addiction and suicide — yet most current interventions fail to capitalize on neuroplasticity, even though evidence shows the brain retains a remarkable capacity to be continually strengthened and rewired.
We have trained 5,000+ military cohorts, veterans and spouses in SMART™ Brain Training, with randomized trials showing significant gains in neural health, cognition, well-being, connectedness and real-life function.
Learn more about our work with warriors and protectors.