Army Veteran given second chance, now gives same to others

This is the story of a Veteran who got a second chance.

Handcuffed both physically and mentally, Army Veteran Darrell Guilford felt like he never left the warzone behind him when he departed from military service.

Once surrounded by a unit of soldiers that shared not just bunk beds but also battlefield experiences, Guilford found himself surrounded by the isolation of civilian life, facing invisible wounds alone. Those wounds were too tough to mend when the place he called home didn’t believe in internal warzones.

“In the beginning, I didn’t believe in mental health. People in my community didn’t get mental help, they didn’t believe in that type of thing. I was just thrown back into the civilian life without that brotherhood and nobody to understand me. So, I ended up being incarcerated,” Guilford said.