Todd Domerese joined the Army at age 23 as an infantryman. In his 15 years in the Army, he has served with the 101st Airborne Division, the 25th Infantry Division, and the 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, Texas. He did a 6 month long peacekeeping deployment in Kosovo in 2000, a 1 year long combat deployment to Sadr City, Iraq in 2004, and a 1 year long combat deployment to the Helmand Providence in Afghanistan in 2010. On December 27, 2004 his vehicle was hit by two improvised explosive devices simultaneously. His gunner was killed instantly, his driver had his arm torn apart by shrapnel, and Todd had a large metal fragment go through his Kevlar helmet which caused a period of unconsciousness, a large complex scalp laceration, a linear skull fracture and swelling and bruising on his brain, and multiple shrapnel pieces embedded in his face that had to be surgically removed.
Some of the disabilities Todd suffers from are severe post traumatic stress disorder, severe migraine headaches, and other residual effects from his moderate traumatic brain injury. His awards include the air assault badge, the expert infantryman badge, the combat infantryman badge, the expert marksmanship badge, the Purple Heart medal, the Army Commendation medal (2), Army Achievement medal (6), Good Conduct medal (5), National Defense Service medal, Kosovo Campaign medal, Afghanistan Campaign medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary medal, Global War on Terrorism Service medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service medal, Noncommissioned officer professional development ribbon (2), Army Service ribbon, Army Overseas Service ribbon (4), Afghanistan NATO medal, and the Kosovo NATO medal. Todd has have been married for 14 years and has two sons- Benjamin, age 9 and Joshua, age 5.
During this show we discuss…