Quiet Waters

From the left: Dave Shepard, the Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation treasurer; HM1 Elliot Miller; Mrs. April Miller; Capt Blake Smith; and Nate Jackson, volunteer prosthetics tech, finish a break and "saddle up" to enjoy more of the restful Bozeman, Mont., experience.

LCpl Derek Goodridge listens as Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation guide Collin Brown waxes on enthusiastically about catching "the big one" during a June 2011 fishing trip.

Cpl Tim Jeffers enjoys fishing during a 2008 expedition with Warriors & Quiet Waters.

Collin Brown, a Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation fishing guide, and Dave Shepard, Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation treasurer, stand by as Sgt John Mendez tries his luck from a small pier. The volunteer fishing guides are asked not to fish but provide advice and assistance to the wounded warriors.

The Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation and its many volunteers reach out to all wounded warriors and their families- not just Marines and Navy veterans. Here, U.S. Army veteran Sgt Erin Schaefer is assisted by volunteer guide and Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation board director Mark Fogelsong.

From the left: Volunteer fishing guide Collin Brown shares the enthusiasm of a fine catch with wounded Navy warrior HM1 Elliot Miller and another volunteer assistant, Andrew Hurlburt.

All expenses associated with the fishing trip, including transportation, are covered by the Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation. Pictured here, from the left, are volunteer and prosthetic tech Nate Jackson; wounded Navy warrior HM1 Elliot Miller on his arrival; Dr. Jay Pyo, physiatrist; Dr. Volney Steele, director emeritus, Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation; and Dr. Steve McGrath, vice president, Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation.

Wounded warrior Capt Blake Smith takes a look at the fish he just hauled in with the assistance of volunteer guide Dave Corcoran.

Wounded warrior HM1 Elliot Miller is receiving a bit of advice and some training from volunteer guide Collin Brown before getting out on what proved to be a very successful fishing trip.

Chow time! Wounded warriors and volunteers sit down to share fish tales and food, courtesy of the Warriors & Quiet Waters Foundation.