Mikal Vega Vital Warrior

Mikal Vega, CPO (RET) USN served 22 years in the US Military and held many positions such as a SEAL Platoon Leading Chief Petty Officer, Personal Security Detail Shift Leader, US Navy Seal Combatives Instructor, US Navy SEAL Demolitions Instructor and Senior Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician. He holds many awards including The Purple Heart for injuries sustained during OIF, two Bronze Stars with combat valor for OIF, Army Achievement Medal for Operation Joint Guardian Kosovo and the Navy Achievement Medal. Mikal was also awarded the CCHR Human Rights Leadership Award in 2014.

Mikal’s qualifications include but are not limited to Navy SEAL, Senior EOD Technician (Bomb Squad), Breacher RSO, HRST Master, Free Fall Parachutist, U.S. Secret Service Presidential Security Detail Operations, Combat Leadership, Precision Driver, Dynamic firearms, SCUBA and closed circuit diving supervisor, Cold Weather Environment Survival, Demolitions Instructor and Martial Artist.

Following his lifelong passion for acting, he uses his career successes to fund Vital Warrior, a system that increases performance and resiliency through non-pharmaceutical stress mitigation techniques that can help veterans and their families recover from wartime trauma. His recent accomplishments include becoming the president of AK Waters Productions as well as acting roles in Transformers 4, Ninja Turtles, Hawaii Five-O, Colony and much more. Currently he lives in Los Angeles, California with his wife, daughter and son. See vitalwarrior.org

Resources to Raise TBI Awareness

As we are approaching the end of Brain Injury Awareness Month-Remember EVERY month is Awareness Month for the survivors & caregivers. Had examples of many types of brain injury this month, and now I’ll end with some resources. Something my folks and I didn’t know existed when my injury occurred. Don’t want that to happen to the newcomers now. Association, Alliance .. Oh My!

Go Vivi, Go .. Miracle Baby Fighting Her Way Back

Jake and Andrea couldn’t have been happier with their new baby, Vivianne. She was so happy, energetic, precious and loving. The first 11 months of her life were full of joys and the normal milestones, and then the unthinkable happened. There was an accident, and suddeny Vivi was transformed and her parents blindsided by a horrific set of circumstances. Vivi was almost lost.

Baby Vivi’s Real Time story told by her Dad, and the challenges she and her folks went through, and are now facing. Life changed forever, in a flash. Listen, and Prayer Warriors unite as the family faces a journey, no one should ever have to experience. To help: www.GoFundMe/go-vivi-go-vivi-go