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Feb 16, 2017
2 min

SUPPLY CRATE – HOLIDAY CHEER 2

Supply Crate HOLIDAY CHEER 2 checking in! Justin was a machine gunner with an Infantry company with two trips to Afghanistan under his belt that, by the time his second tour was over, he was convinced his platoon sergeant was trying to kill him. Justin ended up being asked to leave the service under a general discharge with a 60% disability rating from the VA, most of which was for severe post-traumatic stress disorder. His request stated: “I am a veteran. During my military

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Feb 11, 2017
2 min

SUPPLY CRATE – HOLIDAY CHEER 19

Better late than never, we check in with more of our Holiday Cheer Supply Crates. This request came to us from Robert who is in the Air Force and stationed in Afghanistan. Check out the full request below. I’m a 9 year Air Force Security Forces member currently serving with the 738th AEAG in Afghanistan. We have the unique mission of working in the entirely Afghan Air Force Kandahar Air Wing on a daily basis. My job specifically is to provide security (Guardian Angels) for th

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Feb 9, 2017
2 min

the stacks boston stacks checks out the htc vive

With the holidays over and done with, the Boston Stacks wanted to take a look at one of the most popular new gaming topics: Virtual Reality (VR). The Oculus Rift dropped into the semi-affordable price range last year, and Sony’s VR system has gotten plenty of attention since Christmas. In this spirit, the Boston Stacks will be holding a little competition on Sunday, February 12th with our friends in the Natick Mall’s Microsoft Store. The store’s HTC Vive has two addicting gam

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Feb 7, 2017
2 min

supply crate brooke army medical center

With PAX South a few hours away, the Stack-Up volunteer team from San Antonio decided to call an audible and descend on San Antonio’s Brooke Army Medical Center for a little supporting the troops. Brooke is one of the military’s largest medical installations; if you have anything medical to do in your job with the military, you spend some time in San Antonio getting trained up. Brooke also sports one of the world’s leading burn treatment facilities as well, which made it quit

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Feb 4, 2017
2 min

SUPPLY CRATE – HOLIDAY CHEER 11

Time to check in with another Supply Crate we recently deployed downrange. This request came to us from Casey stationed in Iraq. I’m a HH-60M Blackhawk Crew Chief currently fulfilling a Medevac deployment in Iraq. Our unit’s mission is to provide area medical evacuation support for coalition forces operating in our area of responsibility. Our unit operates in 24hr on call shifts, meaning we spend 24hrs on call at the flight line to perform Medevac missions, then we have 24hrs

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Jan 21, 2017
3 min

pax south 2017 meet air assaults

With PAX South 2017 rapidly approaching we wanted to take a moment to introduce to the incredible Veterans who will be joining us on what will be the first of many Air Assault missions in 2017! Our Air Assault program is where Stack-Up hand-picks deserving veterans and pays for them to attend life-changing video game and geek culture events, whether it be a Comic-Con, an Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), a Penny Arcade Expo (PAX) or even a game developer studio tour. With t

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Jan 17, 2017
3 min

live fire event wounded warrior project chicago

“This event went better than I could have ever imagined.” The quote of the night came from Wounded Warrior Project’s Regional Alumni manager, Kerry Bassett. Kerry, not a gamer himself, was skeptical about the power of virtual reality and the Oculus Rift demo stations that Stack-Up brought to the North Central regional office in Chicago. But, much like trying to explain to someone what it’s like to jump out of an airplane, virtual reality is something that you have to experien

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live fire event wounded warrior project chicago

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Dec 30, 2016
2 min

SUPPLY CRATE – HOLIDAY CHEER 7

We have another great Stack-Up Supply Crate to talk about! This time coming at us from Armando in the Army. He reached out to us looking to turn to gaming for a bit of R&R when him and his team have some down time. Read the full request below… Our group was asked to recently deploy to Afghanistan. Like many units, we have been moved around throughout the Area of Operations. We are currently in a small camp with no PX (Post Exchange) and limited amenities. We are tasked to pro

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Dec 27, 2016
2 min

SUPPLY CRATE – HOLIDAY CHEER 6

We have another great Supply Crate update for you! The request came to us from Chris who is in the Army! He reached out to Stack-Up looking for a bit of a Morale Booster. You can read his full request below! My group is a bunch of great Joes with awesome leadership. We deployed on short notice, “10 months over here” with our “2-month train-up beforehand.” We are an all Infantry unit, and love our job! Doing what you love and having fun with it is the true “American Dream.” No

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Dec 22, 2016
2 min

elite dangerous landing on playstation 4 next year

In 1984, David Draben and Ian Bell were just two students attending their university, when they had a dream. Their dream was to make a video game unlike any other, greatly inspired by the sci-fi worlds of cinema, as featured in Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, and The Last Starfighter. This work of love became a game known as Elite, a space combat and space trading simulator game. The game made quite the impression on various platforms and was incredibly unique amongst the pl

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elite dangerous landing on playstation 4 next year

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Dec 21, 2016
2 min

SUPPLY CRATE – HOLIDAY CHEER 18

As you may know, we here at Stack-Up help both our active duty troops and of course, veterans from all walks of life. We recently received a request from Joseph who had served in the Navy and was having some troubles back at home from that experience involving tinnitus and some carpel tunnel. Read on to see what Joseph had to say in his request. To Stack-up, My name is Joseph and I am a navy veteran. I served March 23, 2009 to May 23, 2013 with an Honorable discharge. I start

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Nov 25, 2016
3 min

stack up this holiday season

The holiday season is upon us. There is no escaping it. Thanksgiving is past, the pumpkin pie has been eaten, the wishbone broken and the parade balloons deflated. For the next month or so the malls will be crowded, the TV will echo with the sounds of holiday specials, and the night will be lit with brightly colored lights all in celebration of the season. It can be hard to remember the things that truly matter in the hustle and bustle of all the merriment that distracts us.

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Nov 23, 2016
1 min

supply crate hasty ambush 7

We have all kinds of interaction with the active duty troops that send in the various requests for a Stack Up Supply Crate. This week we take a look at a request Kyle, from the Air Force sent us. Right now I’m currently serving in Afghanistan as part of the 455th ESFS (Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron), working long nights dealing with a lot of IDF (Indirect Fire) it would be cool to get something for our “morale” room at the squadron. Working nights here isn’t too bad,

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Nov 22, 2016
2 min

the stacks a thank you for the san francisco stack

You may know our San Francisco Stack from the event write ups that you see here on Stack-Up.Org. As part of The Stacks, they do such an amazing job volunteering in their community and doing fantastic work helping veterans. We recently received some word of thanks from one of the SanFranStack’s partners at the North Bay Vet Center. Check out the letter below. Stephen, I wanted to touch base with you and let you know how appreciative the North Bay Vet Center is to be involved w

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the stacks a thank you for the san francisco stack

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Nov 17, 2016
2 min

the stacks boston stacks up with veterans inc

Some more great news from The Stacks! You may have read the announcement from the Boston Stack and their event with Veterans Inc. Now after the event has happened Boston Stack lead Tanner Hastings takes a moment to tell us all about it. Read below to hear more on this neat video gaming tournament. This past Veterans Day weekend, Veterans Inc. hosted a Call of Duty tournament as part of their first-ever Freedom Song Festival. The Boston Stack teamed up with Troy Brin, the Mana

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the stacks boston stacks up with veterans inc

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Nov 12, 2016
3 min

stacking warfighter engaged

Do you remember RTX earlier this year? During that event, we brought along an amazing Veteran, Marcus Burleson who had suffered some serious injuries in the line of duty. Marc joined us for RTX as one of our Air Assaults. While he thoroughly enjoyed the event, it was somewhat bittersweet. Marc’s injuries prevented him from gaming with standard gaming controllers. Marcus had previously worked with the folks from Warfighter Engaged to a custom controller rig that would get him

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Nov 1, 2016
2 min

game night 2

This past Friday, October 28th saw the second Game Night with the folks of Wounded Warrior Project and the Pittsburgh Stack. We once again gathered in the Pittsburgh offices of WWP at One Oxford Center for an evening of comradery, good food, and of course games! We arrived a bit early of the 5 pm start time to get everything set up. We hooked up 12 GAEMS cases with Xbox Ones’ and of course, loaded with some good gaming fun. We also had the main “couch” hooked up and streaming

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Oct 26, 2016
2 min

supply crate hasty ambush 8

We are checking in with our latest Supply Crate shipment. This request was sent to us from Sergio who comes from a communications unit that is lacking morale and team boosting activities. Read on to check out the request from Sergio below… We’re a communication unit combine from different states. Some soldiers are from Puerto Rico, Arkansas, and California that support air control. Although we are from different states, we try to maintain a sense of cohesion and family orient

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Oct 21, 2016
4 min

why i game with ptsd

I would like to start this article first by saying that I am not speaking for every veteran, I speak from my perspective and mine alone. That being said I do play many of the games that will be mentioned here with many vets that struggle with the effects of war. This is a commentary. Games like SOCOM have been a part of my life long before I joined the Army back in 2000. I loved the first time I hooked up on the worst internet around and played a few rounds online and learned

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Oct 19, 2016
2 min

supply crate hasty ambush 4

We recently received this request for a Supply Crate from John. He is currently deployed while serving in the USAF. I’m a TSgt in the USAF deployed to Qatar. My career field is computer systems, but I work on telephone systems at this location. We have a lot of guys here that would appreciate any type of entertainment you can send. The days are long and hard and the weather is crazy… suffice it to say that even when we have down time, we’re not doing a lot of “playing” outsid

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