Ryan Charrier Is An Alabama Bright Light Reconnecting Veterans With Families

By Karim Shamsi-Basha

While deployed with the Air Force in Afghanistan, Ryan Charrier learned that a fellow service member had never been on a family vacation. Charrier decided to do something and Operation ReConnect was born.

The nonprofit provides vacation homes at Orange Beach for veterans free of charge. It began in 2015 and has since served more than 300 families whose loved ones were returning from deployment.

“When I met my friend’s wife after their Operation ReConnect trip, I learned that it was the first time their 14-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son had seen the Gulf,” Charrier said. “It made me feel pretty amazing, to know that you can impact a child’s life. What we do at Operation ReConnect is connect the communities and businesses together. This isn’t us doing everything on our own. We have so many supporters that help us make this possible.”

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