Sergeant First Class Adams enlisted in the United States Army in July of 1986.
SFC Adams’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal (Oak Leaf Cluster), Purple Heart (Oak Leaf Cluster), Meritorious Service Medal (Second Oak Leaf Cluster) , Army Commendation Medal (Fifth Award), Army Achievement Medal (17th Award), the Good Conduct Medal (Seventh Award), National Defense Service Medal (Third Award), Iraqi Campaign Medal (Campaign Star), Afghanistan Campaign Medal (w/Arrowhead), Global War On Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War On Terrorism Service Medal, Military Outstanding Volunteer Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officers Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, Army Reserve Component Overseas Training Ribbon (Second Award), Armed Forces Reserve Medal (M Device / 20 Year Device), the Joint Meritorious Unit Award. Staff Sergeant Adams also holds the Combat Action Badge, the Mechanic Driver’s Badge Track Vehicle, and the Mechanic Driver’s Badge Wheeled Vehicle.
Adams understands the enduring devastation associated with chronic pain as he was wounded in an IED accident in Iraq in 2007. His injuries include: 47% Burned with 34% being Third Degree Thickness Burns, Right/ Left Shoulders Labrum Tears, Rotator Cuff Tears, Fraying Tendons, with Nerve Damage across shoulders into the C5 of neck. 8 Compound Back Fractures, C-1-C-5, S-1, T-11 and T-12, and 5 Bulging Disk and Spinal Cord Nerve Damage into the legs, as well as PTSD, hearing loss and more.
Upon retiring in 2008,
Adams continues his journey through healing, having endured over 18 surgeries, with the unwavering support of his wife, Suzy.
After receiving stem cell therapy through V.I.P., his experience left him wanting to pay-forward his own experience, by joining our Board of Directors.
Adams secures the invaluable position of ensuring any required travel arrangements for our Veterans, to and from treatment, are coordinated at no cost whatsoever for the Veteran, as well as a companion. Adams’s ability to relate with our V.I.P.’s on various levels, while engaging for them, his vast network of Veteran-support alliances accumulated since retirement, is a cornerstone of our mission.