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Protecting

Our protectors

Resilience, Readiness and Recovery

Center for BrainHealth's Jennifer Zientz and Thad King stand with service members participating in Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters, following a SMART seminar with the Joint Communications Support Element (JCSE) at , FL. The JCSE is a joint command (Army, Navy, Airforce and Marines).
Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters is a science-backed optimization program driven by metrics and training to help service members think sharper, recover faster and sustain peak cognitive readiness.
Sign up to receive updates on our work with warfighters, as we strive to scale this data-driven brain performance program to every service member – advancing cognitive resilience, readiness and recovery.
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Quote: "Our soldiers are coming out of combat, the battlefield, a firefight one day … and within 24 to 48 hours, are back at home. The brain is the central processing unit for everything we do. Center for BrainHealth is making fundamental breakthroughs that can change the brain performance of every American. – Admiral William H. McRaven (Ret.)

IMPACT AT A GLANCE

For more than 25 years, Center for BrainHealth has moved brain health forward across the military.
  • 6,500+ warriors, veterans and spouses reached
  • 840+ BrainHealth assessments completed
  • 450+ service members trained
  • 170+ personalized coaching sessions delivered
  • 50 Human Performance Specialists trained

What the Program Includes

Why It Matters


Watch this 5-minute video to see how our results create measurable gains in performance, recovery and resilience.

Warfighters face challenging situations, unknown conditions and ever-changing demands that require strategic, deeper-level and innovative thinking to navigate. While physical readiness is continuously trained ― brain performance is not.
Staying physically fit allows warriors and protectors to rebound faster from injury, but the standard for brain health is different. We have heard far too many say – “they say I may be ‘normal’, but I am not me.”

This program ensures our service members can:

  • Think clearly under pressure.
  • Recover faster from traumatic brain injury (TBI) and post-traumatic stress (PTS).
  • Maintain peak cognitive readiness over time.

8 Ways This Initiative Supports Service Members

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Meet Our Team

Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters

Major Donors

Thank You for Contributing $10,000+ to Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters

Anonymous
Amazon
Blue Angels Foundation
Communities Foundation of Texas
Ms. Mary Patrice Fangman
Mr. and Mrs. Don Freeman
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gibson
Lyda Hill Philanthropies
Admiral William McRaven, USN, Ret. and Mrs. Georgeann McRaven
Mrs. Ross Perot
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ross Perot, Jr.
The Graham and Courtney Rahal Foundation (GCRF)/Task Force Rahal
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Robuck
Paul and Shelia Schlosberg Family Foundation
The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation
The Stephens Greth Foundation

Major Donors

Thank You for Contributing $10,000+ to Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters

Major Donors

Thank You for Contributing $10,000+ to Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters

Anonymous
Admiral William McRaven, USN, Ret. and Mrs. Georgeann McRaven
Amazon
Mrs. Ross Perot
Blue Angels Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. H. Ross Perot, Jr.
Communities Foundation of Texas
The Graham and Courtney Rahal Foundation (GCRF)/Task Force Rahal
Ms. Mary Patrice Fangman
Mr. and Mrs. Joel Robuck
Mr. and Mrs. Don Freeman
Paul and Shelia Schlosberg Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Gibson
The Jordan Spieth Family Foundation
Lyda Hill Philanthropies
The Stephens Greth Foundation

Why Give?


Sandi Chapman, PhD, speaks about the impact of Optimal BrainHealth for Warfighters at Center for BrainHealth in Dallas, Texas.

Help Support Our Military Initiative

We have trained 6,500+ military cohorts, veterans and spouses in SMART™ Brain Training, with randomized trials showing significant gains in neural health, cognition, well-being, connectedness and real-life function.
Research shows military service members face consistent interrelated health and functional impairments, including traumatic brain injury, post-traumatic stress, sleep disturbance, depression, addiction and suicide yet most current interventions fail to capitalize on neuroplasticity, even though evidence shows the brain retains a remarkable capacity to be continually strengthened and rewired.
For more donation options, please call 972-883-3408 or email Gail Cepak.

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