Grey Team

Grey Team aims to:

1. To prevent suicides, Operation Phoenix will provide personalized wellness programs and services to US veterans.

2. As the veterans heal, we also collect data, compile it, and share it for other veteran service organization’s use, providing our wellness model as a template for change. We use our documented improvement to continuously advocate for additional mental health and wellness services for veterans across the United States.

3. Educate to provide veterans with nutritious and healthy meal alternatives, helping them choose better options for long-term sustainability after their program ends.

4. Provide a measurable decrease in post-traumatic stress symptoms and attacks, reduces the lasting impact of TBI injuries, and strengthens and heals the body.

When a veteran contacts Grey Team, they are connected to our wellness team who provides personalized attention, support, and assistance to the veteran.

Any information we collect is kept confidential.

Our Steps Towards Success:

Step 1: Intake
As we have learned, there is no ‘one-size-fits-all solution. Grey Team's wellness cadre will schedule a preliminary in-person screening to determine the needs of the veteran. This will include:
- Central Nervous System Vital Signs Test (CNSVS), neuropsychological assessment resulting in Neurocognitive
Index
-Physical fitness assessment
-Fit3D infrared scan, measures body size, composition, bone density
-Semi-structured interview, assessing emotional wellbeing and social support network

Step 2: Wellness Program Initiation
Once our team learns and determines the need(s) of the veteran, we then meet and develop a plan to help the veteran reach their goals safely and efficiently.

-Those whose intake assessments indicate pre-existing Traumatic Brain Injury/ Post Traumatic Stress Disorder will undergo 5-20 sessions of hyperbaric oxygen therapy
-Simultaneously, tailored Wellness Plan implementation begins:
-Group deceleration classes (yoga, Tai Chi, etc.)
-Camaraderie-building activities (group hiking, day trips, etc.)
-Physical fitness (personal training, nutritional guidance)
-Physical detox (infrared sauna/photobiomodulation)

Step 3: Mid-Program Assessment
30 days into any prescribed program, a veteran will meet with the program coordinator and/or personal training director to evaluate current progress made. The mid-program assessment includes:
-Repeat CNSVS
-Repeat physical fitness assessment

Step 4: Exit Assessment
After a veteran protocol has ended, our wellness team will conduct a post-program evaluation to determine if further support is needed. The post-program evaluation will include:
-CNSVS
-Physical fitness
-3DFit Body Scan.

As suicide rates among returning US military veterans continue to rise, the statistics now show that it is now six times more dangerous for an American soldier to return home from war than it is for him/her to actively be engaged in combat with the enemies of our country.

Grey Team’s comprehensive health and wellness programs target the big four invisible wounds: PTSD
(post-traumatic stress disorder), TBI (traumatic brain injury), chronic pain, and self-imposed isolation.

To accomplish our mission, Grey Team has built a world-class headquarters in Palm Beach County, Florida equipped to provide:

Qualified veterans will receive complimentarily:

Access to the Grey Team Headquarters
In-depth Health Evaluations and Assessments
Customized Physical Training Programs
One-on-One Personal Training
Photobiomodulation Therapy (low-level laser)
Meditation Therapy
Trauma Conscious Yoga
Infrared Sauna Detoxification
Job Mentorship with Civilian Community Leaders
Individualized Nutritional Counseling

In addition to our in-person services, Grey Team also offers these life-saving therapies remotely on our Gry Team Mobile Application.
Peer-to-peer mentoring

In 2020 amid a raging pandemic, Grey Team is proud to announce we provided health and wellness services to over 411 active duty service members, veterans, and their families across the United States.

With the support provided by United Way Grant, DreamLink Foundation, Leandro P. Rizzuto Foundation, and various other supporters, we were able to provide a total of 2750 various services to those 411 veterans.

To meet the demand of veterans requesting services from all 50 states, Grey Team's technological team contracted and developed a remote fitness and communication application.

Additionally, Grey Team supported the Florida Army National Guard’s Wellness Camp initiative to provide fitness courses to soldiers struggling to meet Army standards in the hopes of reducing the military attrition rate.

In recognition of our voluntary service to our community, Grey Team was awarded the Building Healthy Military Communities (BHMC) Excellence in Service Award by Military One Source, a federally run program to support our military service members, veterans, and their families.