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Special Operations Care Fund
The Special Operations Care Fund (SOC-F) was founded in 2014 and is a non-profit philanthropic organization, organized under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Our primary mission is to provide direct support to both active and retired members of the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community and their families. SOC-F directs its primary funding towards addressing critical gaps in healthcare and family-related concerns. These programs save lives and give an opportunity for our elite military members and their families to experience life changing, transformative care.
These “gaps” primarily relate to family issues and behavioral health treatments. SOC-F supports Gold Star Kids family retreats and intensive therapy for at-risk marriages, as well as behavioral health treatments such as Magnetic Resonance Therapy (MeRT) – a highly customized use of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT), psychedelic therapies for Post Traumatic Stress (PTS) and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI), and 12-Step treatment programs for alcoholism and addiction. Secondarily, we support other recognized and trusted 501(c)(3) organizations who focus on similar medical and family needs of our SOF war fighters and their families.
Team Highlights
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All donations go directly to Task Force Expedition Inc. (TFE) to support our mission. TFE is organized as a section 501(c)(3) non-profit organization under the Internal Revenue Code. TFE has applied for recognition of its exempt status from the IRS, and is awaiting such determination. TFE has no reason to believe the exempt status will not be granted, and if granted, the exemption will be retroactive to the date of incorporation.
Meet the climbers
Jeremy Morton
Jeremy Morton
Jeremy was born and raised in east Texas and graduated from high school in 1994. Shortly after graduation, Jeremy enlisted in the United States Army and entered basic training in January 1995. Jeremy retired in June of 2016 after serving 21 years in the US Army Special Operations. Sgt. Maj. Morton’s notable awards and decorations include the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with campaign star, the Iraq Campaign Medal with six campaign stars, the Legion of Merit, the Purple Heart, 1 Bronze Star for Valor, 6 Bronze Stars for service, two Defense Meritorious Service Medals, the United States Presidential Unit Citation – Valorous Unit Award, and several other notable decorations, and awards.
Upon retirement, Jeremy worked six and a half years for Crye Precision, a company based in Brooklyn, NY, that designs and manufactures tactical clothing and equipment for US & International Special Operations units. Jeremy left Crye Precision in 2022 to serve as the Executive Director for the Special Operations Care Fund (SOC-F) – a nonprofit that provides direct support to both active and retired members of the U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community and their families. Jeremy currently lives with his wife of 23 years and two children in Louisiana.
Mike Hardin
Mike Hardin
Mike Hardin was born in Fort Smith, Arkansas and moved to Arlington, Texas with his mother and sister shortly after his parents divorced. After earning his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Arlington, Mike joined the Navy in 2008 to become a Navy SEAL. He served for nine years in the Navy before leaving to become a co-founder of CLIMB4, a veteran non-profit aimed at helping veterans seek healing in nature, as well as earn his master’s degree in psychology from Pepperdine University in 2021.
Mike currently works for the Special Operations Care Fund (SOC-F) where he is both the project manager for a groundbreaking research study looking at effective treatments for special forces veterans struggling with PTSD, as well as the care coordinator for special forces veterans and their families who make up the constituency of SOC-F. He has received a number of treatments provided by SOC-F and can personally attest to how impactful and healing the experiences have been.
In his free time, Mike like to train and compete in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and he loves spending time with his wife, Lauren, their kids, and their 11-year-old rescued boxer, Mia.
Meet the Sponsor
ABOUT Elevated Silence
Elevated Silence exists to make products that deliver one of the most memorable days of your life. Seriously. In our modern world, we spend more time looking at screens than engaging with people and experiencing life. At Elevated Silence, we want to change that. Of course, awesome suppressor design, best-in-class material selection, and quality construction are imperative. But if using our product doesn’t lead to quality time at the range – connecting, laughing, training with friends and loved ones, what’s it all for? When our customers reminisce on the top 5 days of their life, we want Elevated Silence to be part of that memory. It’s what drives us to make amazing suppressors.
We may have been born in the most amazing country in the world, but our nations core was rocked when those four planes struck two skyscrapers, the Pentagon, and a field in Shanksville, PA.
We have hundreds of friends who volunteered to confront evil on the other side of the globe to guarantee that war would stay in someone else’s neighborhood. Eternally grateful for their sacrifices, Elevated Silence helps fund select organizations, like The Special Operations Care Fund, that help those who fight for our American Dream. When we heard about Task Force Expedition and the opportunity to support SOC-F, we were all in. We are humbled to be a small part of it.