What is WFTW?

[Blue Angel]

The 2016 Wheelers For The Wounded event has come and gone. It was a huge event and a big success. There were a lot of people in attendance and 3 buses arrived with the wounded and their families.

On Friday, the day before the event, we got everything set up and got in a little bit of wheeling. MaxGravy let us use his Jeep and we took it out and had a great time. Then in the afternoon, we went to the gun ranges on the property. One of our wounded has a Class III license and brought out a very nice .30 caliber machine gun with a couple cans of ammo all belted up. The high bidder won the right to shoot it all but let everyone have a turn. Very, very cool and fun!

You may notice this owner/veteran has no legs. Doesn't slow him down one bit and his name is Kannon. He went to a lot of trouble bringing out this weapon.



That is the president of WFTW, Dan Engerran (Stouttrout) in black.



High bidder and the WFTW Emcee, Buddy Cabiness shooting.



We even had a couple of youngsters get behind it.



And there is Blue Angel shooting.



The club also rents the M4 and is very nice. The gun runs very well with the muzzle brake.

[Blue Angel]

First thing early Saturday is the drivers meeting, before the wounded arrive. I think there were over 200 Jeeps and buggies as well as some side by side Razors. The safety and trail guides are handled by the Fort Hood Military Jeepers Club. These guys are pros and very well organized.

The CJ in the middle was a sweet surprise. A wounded vet from the 2015 event has since left the army and works as a tech at a local offroad shop. He has been doing upgrades to this Jeep for the past few weeks and had no idea it was bought for him by his girlfriend. She presented the key to him first thing Saturday and he took out wounded in his rig.




Presenting the colors after the buses arrives.



One of the buses arriving and getting ready to unload.



RyanEOD all the way from South Carolina cheering for the wounded in the reception line. Love you brother.

[Blue Angel]

Our wounded and their families sit right up front and are treated as the VIP's they are.



Wounded and their families waiting to load out into the Jeeps. They had a choice form "Mild to Wild" trails.

[Blue Angel]

Families arriving on the buses....check out the new shirt designs. Pretty damn cool seeing my art on everyone's backs.



The Marble Falls Home Depot sets up a "kids zone" and they make bird houses, planters, boats, etc. They take care of EVERYTHING!



My good friend Ray Singletary and a wounded commander from Fort Hood. Ray let him drive all day and he had an absolute blast!

[93 OCTANE]

This is why we give

You guys are doing God's work

Thankyou

[Blue Angel]

One of the many Jeeps in line waiting to load. There was a bunch of US Coast Guard that facilitated all the load out and safety of the occupants. Again....these guys are pros and made it happen.



RyanEOD and Randy's ThunderDuck after being on the trails. Ryan took out a group as well and had a great time.




The new Expedition camp trailer set up right next to the main stage. We sold a lot of chances on this thing and will be buying a Jeep for a wounded vet in 2017.

[Blue Angel]

Some of the bad azz buggies that ran the "wild" trails.

Parking like this is an offroad "Thing". Always hearing......."give me something to climb on man!"

[Blue Angel]

You guys may remember the auction to benefit the memory of Fusion's father in law, Jerry Jones. RyanEOD was the high bidder and was promised a flag flown in combat in Afghanistan. Some guys showed up and hand delivered the flag to Ryan and they have been back in the USA for only a few days. VERY cool......



Sunset over Lake Marble Falls, Texas.....

[Blue Angel]

[Blue Angel]

[Blue Angel]

And this is why we do it.

This is my friend Ryan. He rode with me the first year I was involved with WFTW. He had just gotten back in country after being wounded and had a lot of issues. This is Ryan and his son Preston in their new Jeep this year and they took out some veterans.

It is coming full circle........

[DRP270]

[Super Stacker PCB]

Awesome....just awesome. Hats off to what all you guys do. Looked like a lot of fun, keep up the good work. Those men and women deserve all our appreciation.

[tinbox]

Very cool, great work guys!

[Silver Addict]

Nice job Jim. Sorry I missed it this year.

I have one question for you, did Ryan make you wear the blond wig?

[RyanEOD]

Nice job Jim. Sorry I missed it this year.

I have one question for you, did Ryan make you wear the blond wig?

Admit it, you didn't show up out of fear of having to wear it again!!!!

[Yellek]

That's pretty awesome.
Hats off to you guys.

[RyanEOD]

That's pretty awesome.
Hats off to you guys.

Actually hats off to EVERYONE here. I was just the face of BS (couldn't you guys have picked a better one?) but the real people that deserve the credit are all the members we have here. The entire WFTW crew was very thankful to all of Bullion Stackers for the support!

From all the auctions to the donations to those that help spend their time at the events, it takes a lot of support to keep something like this going, and everyone there was very thankful to all of our members for helping to make it possible! So, I personally want to say thank you to everyone here too!! Keep up the great work!!!

[bigjohn]

Great work!!! Awesome pictures, thank you for posting!!!

[Baggerman]

I hope to be able to show up next May.