Mortgage-Free Adaptive Homes Allows Disabled Veterans to Live with Dignity

Builders, donors, and volunteers come together to gift adaptive homes to veterans who’ve suffered major injuries in combat.
Mortgage-Free Adaptive Homes Allows Disabled Veterans to Live with Dignity
Redmond Ramos with his family in front of his new home provided by Homes for Our Troops. Ron Cole Photography
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Disabled veterans Redmond Ramos and Max Rhon first met while competing at the Warrior Games, an annual sporting event for injured military officers. The two crossed paths again serendipitously on a flight to Colorado, and from that moment on, the two became best friends. “Max and I are brothers in arms. Brothers in—legs?” Ramos joked, alluding to them both being “below the knee” amputees.

Ramos and Rhon were U.S. Navy corpsmen who suffered injuries while on duty. Today, Ramos is a forensic analyst working to fight sex trafficking, while Rhon is an athlete who has competed in the U.S. Paralympics.

Krista Thomas
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Krista Thomas is a publicist, writer, and consultant. A native of Texas and graduate of Texas A&M University, Thomas is married with three children, whom she homeschooled for 20 years. She resides in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
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