Discovery Phase (virtual)

Invigorated from the Initial Fishing Experience (FX), you’ll begin the Discovery Phase. Over six to twelve months online, you’ll video conference with your small cohort and facilitator, working together through concepts geared to recalibrate your life’s trajectory. Informed by experts and supported by your cohort, you’ll follow our structured process to build your version of a better life from the ground up.

Goals

• Cement habits to improve your health in every area—mind, body, and spirit

• Refine strategies to meet and exceed your basic needs so you can focus on personal growth

• Build deeper community within your cohort, creating a support team for ongoing improvement

• Identify your meaningful purpose and create a plan to actualize it

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Capstone Fishing Experience (5 days in-person in 2023 or 2024)

Phase 3: Capstone Fishing Experience (FX)

Once again, your cohort unites—and in each other, you’ll see the changes. More alive, more grounded, and more connected to what (and who) matters most, transformed Warriors gather in nature to honor the journey and commit wholly to the path ahead. It’s the last phase of Built for More—and the first phase of your recalibrated life.

Goals

• Reunite with your cohort face to face, solidifying your new second family of support

• Relax into nature, refreshing your sense of possibility

• Sharpen your skills for maintaining healthy outdoor pursuits at home

• Celebrate the hard work and the big changes together, growing your conviction to keep leveling up

Couples FX

The Couples FX brings six couples together who often share common experiences. WQW created the Couples FX recognizing that there are unique challenges in post-combat relationships. On a Couples FX, Warriors and their partners get to spend uninterrupted days on the water, nurturing their relationships and learning new skills together. For those with children, WQW pays for the cost of a trusted friend or family member to provide in-home childcare while the couple is away.

Goals

• Create a safe, supportive environment where couples find peace and connection
• Provide tools and confidence to participate in a new shared activity
• Provide a new way for couples to bond and relax together

Photography Experience

The Photography Experience (PX) gives Warriors the opportunity to explore the art of photography while being present for multiple WQW programs. Warriors attend the PX in the pursuit of discovering or enhancing their level of photography under the tutelage of WQW photographer and former Combat Correspondent SGT Mike MacLeod. The Warriors will receive instruction in photography basics, landscape, and human portraiture. At the conclusion of the week, they will combine all elements learned to produce a final project photo. Through this process, they will engage with the group of six Warriors in a shared activity that they will take home and either pursue personally or professionally. The PX does not end with one week-long experience in Montana though. These Warriors will travel back to Montana up to three different times the following season to shoot a WQW program and apply their newfound or enhanced skills in photography to capture other Warriors and supply them with priceless memories of their time at WQW.

Goals

• Provide a renewed sense of purpose, identity, and values

• Teach participants the art of photography from a professional and enable them to continue this art upon returning home

• Create an enhanced sense of community through lasting, meaningful connections found in a common pursuit and growth in a network of other professional photographers

• Newfound or enhanced skill and confidence in photography that can be applied anywhere personally or professionally