Unlikely Recruits

How God Enlists Horses To Heal Veterans

Everyone has a story they struggle with, especially those with PTSD. It’s the story that haunts them at night and chases them all day. It’s the one they had no intention of telling – until now.

Welcome to Unlikely Recruits

Some books are written from research. This one was written from the pasture.

For years, I stood beside horses and the people who found their way to them. Veterans. Families. Men and women carrying things that were often difficult to explain and even harder to let go of.

I wasn't there looking for stories to write about. I was simply paying attention.

Over time, something became impossible to ignore. Horses seemed to reach places in people that pressure, performance, advice, and even words sometimes couldn't. Some of the most powerful moments happened in complete silence, and some of the most important conversations never sounded like conversations at all.

This book grew out of those moments.

It's a collection of stories about struggle, resilience, faith, loss, healing, and second chances. More than that, it's a collection of stories about people and the unexpected ways their lives began to change when trust, connection, and a horse entered the picture.

And somewhere along the way, those stories changed me too.

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Why Books Like This Exist

Most people think this is a book about horses.

It is.

But even more, it's a book about people.

Over the years, I watched veterans arrive carrying things they rarely talked about. I watched families struggle to understand what service had cost the people they loved. I watched men and women wrestle with identity, purpose, grief, faith, and the question of what came next.

What surprised me wasn't that people were hurting.

What surprised me was how often healing began in places nobody expected.

This book was written to share those stories.

Not polished stories.

Real ones.

The kind that help us better understand ourselves, each other, and the ways God often shows up when we least expect it.