Founder/ Executive Director

Michael Dorman 

U.S. Coast Guard (RET)

Our story starts off different than most organizations assisting veterans with disabilities. Unlike others, when Military Missions in Action started, I did not know anyone who had been injured in Iraq or Afghanistan, and no one in my family was ever disabled in the military. My grandfather, William Edwin Andrews, served in World War II and was a Prisoner of War in Stalag XVII in Kerms, Austria for 17 months, and I served in the United States Coast Guard for 20 years.

The idea for Military Missions in Action came one morning while watching the sunrise on Hunting Island. I was thinking about my life growing up in North Carolina, my career in the Coast Guard and my life as a contractor after the Coast Guard, and I felt the need to do more with my life. I was becoming aware that, with the high number of returning veterans suffering from disabilities, a need existed to have their homes modified so they can live independently.  I was also aware that a large number of Veterans are just now suffering disabilities from the Vietnam War and that age was becoming a disability for World War II Veterans.

            The thought was that Military Missions in Action would help Veterans with disabilities achieve independent living with home modifications. This is completed by our Community Giveback Program, where groups of volunteers all come together to give back to our Veterans who sacrificed so much for our freedom.