A Veterans Battle
Chad Farley is a U.S. Air Force veteran whose life took a devastating turn after a documented line-of-duty toxic exposure left him with permanent injuries, including traumatic brain injury and vision loss—yet his story is not one of retreat, but of accountability, resilience, and unfinished justice. Once publicly celebrated as a peer mentor and spokesperson for national veteran programs, Chad’s life unraveled after critical disability supports were abruptly withdrawn during the worst week of his life—amid medical catastrophe, family tragedy, and mounting local hostility. What followed was not just personal collapse, but the implosion of a veteran-led community project, the loss of livelihood and home, and years of unanswered questions about discrimination, due process, and broken promises to wounded warriors. This site exists to document what happened, why it matters, and why Chad’s fight is bigger than one family—because systems meant to protect the vulnerable must be held to the truth when they fail.
‘Wounded Warrior” project.
The story so far….
Chad Farley is a U.S. Air Force veteran whose life was permanently altered by a documented line-of-duty toxic exposure while serving as a jet mechanic. During an on-duty emergency involving a major jet-fuel rupture, Chad was immersed in fuel and exposed through inhalation and ingestion, resulting in traumatic brain injury, vision loss, seizures, and hearing impairment. These injuries ended the career he loved and forced him into a long, difficult process of learning how to live with invisible and visible disabilities that affect cognition, mobility, and daily functioning.
For several years, with structured disability supports in place, Chad rebuilt. Through veteran programs designed to assist those with complex neurological injuries, he stabilized, reconnected with his family, and re-entered his community. He and his wife became deeply involved in helping others—traveling to programs, mentoring couples, and serving publicly as peer leaders and spokespeople. With the right accommodations, Chad was not only surviving; he was contributing. By 2020, that progress grew into a larger vision: a veteran-led community project intended to create purpose, work, and belonging for other warriors navigating life after injury.
In April 2021, that stability collapsed in a matter of days. Amid a convergence of catastrophic events—including serious illness, the sudden loss of a child, and his wife’s medical and mental health crisis—critical disability supports Chad depended on were abruptly withdrawn without notice or meaningful review. The life coach who helped him function day-to-day was removed. A business coach supporting the veteran project was “paused” and never restored. Without accommodations for his documented brain injury and vision loss, Chad could not manage the complexity of daily life or sustain the project. What followed was a rapid cascade: the collapse of the veteran enterprise, financial ruin, legal exposure, foreclosure risk, and profound long-term health consequences.
In 2022, a recorded conversation with senior leadership tied the removal of services not to safety, policy, or medical concerns, but to perceptions about Chad’s family and donor approval—raising serious questions about discrimination, due process, and accountability within systems meant to serve wounded veterans. Since then, services have not been restored, and the consequences continue to reverberate through every part of his life.
This website exists to document that journey—clearly, accurately, and accessibly. Chad is not seeking pity or publicity. He is seeking truth, accountability, and reform. His goal is to ensure that disabled veterans are not abandoned at their most vulnerable moments, that accommodations are not treated as optional, and that organizations entrusted with public confidence are held to their stated missions. Chad’s story is personal—but the implications are systemic, and the stakes reach far beyond one family.
A veterans battle 