Twelve members of the Special Tactics Community will run in Kentucky's, Bourbon Chase, 200 mile relay on October 7th and 8th 2011.  Last year the Team was successful in raising $10,400 for the SOWF and would like to raise the bar this year, this their second year raising money for the SOWF.  The Bourbon Chase is a unique, overnight relay adventure in which the Team will cover 200 miles of scenic byways along the famous Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Starting near Bardstown, the Bourbon Capital of the World, and wrapping up with a festive finish in downtown Lexington, the Horse Capital of the World.  The Team of 12 is made up of Air Forces Special Operations Combat Controllers and Pararescuemen. Each member of the Team will run three legs over distances varying from 3 – 8 miles.  Everyone on the Team has directly felt the pain and loss of fellow Special Operations Operators and this is our way to give back to the families! The Special Operations Warrior Foundation mission is devoted to providing a college education to every child who has lost a parent while serving in Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps Special Operations during an operational or training mission. The forces covered by the Foundation are some 50,000 military special operations and support personnel stationed in units throughout the United States and overseas bases.

The Warrior Foundation is currently committed to providing scholarship grants, not loans, to more than 760 children. These children survive over 600 Special Operations personnel who gave their lives in patriotic service to their country, including those who died fighting our nation's war against terrorism as part of "Operation Enduring Freedom" in Afghanistan and the Philippines as well as "Operation Iraqi Freedom." To date, 143 children of fallen special operations warriors have graduated from college.

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation also provides immediate financial assistance to special operations personnel severely wounded in the global war on terror. Once notified of a special operations soldier, airman, sailor or Marine hospitalized with a severe injury, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation immediately sends funds to the service member (or his/her designated recipient) so the family and loved ones can immediately travel to be bedside.

To date, the Special Operations Warrior Foundation has provided over $700,000 to wounded special operations personnel.