07/07/2026
For veteran Charles “Dick” Hall, relief came decades after his service to our country in the form of better sleep.
From 1950-1954, Hall was part of an elite tactical unit known as a Navy fighter squadron. These are hubs for crews and aircraft to deploy on flight missions.
Hall didn’t see active combat or, according to him, “do anything exceptional.” He had a notion that because he “didn’t go to war,” he hadn’t earned the right to feel the tough stuff related to his time in the military.
The man who grew up in South Dakota and never saw water before the Navy, then quickly ticked through his post-service experiences. He had a family. He worked. He retired. And he played lots of golf.
“I didn’t deserve it,” he said, wearing a blue windbreaker and black shiny cowboy boots.
Fast forward to about 2023, and the unimaginable happened. Seven people close to Hall – among them his wife, sister, two children, and an 18-month grandbaby – died within seven months.
“Depression was my friend,” said Hall, who still wears his wedding band.
Through all of that, someone with the Honor Flight program turned him onto the Healing Warriors Program.
The nonprofit was founded in March 2012 and has its headquarters in Fort Collins, with two other satellite clinics across Colorado. To interrupt factors leading to su***de, its team provides no-cost, non-narcotic therapy utilizing acupuncture, craniosacral therapy, and healing touch for veterans, service members, and their families.
Sleep is a challenge for him, and Hall uses a walker because of arthritis in the base of his spine. After his usual treatments at a November 2025 appointment, however, Hall walked on his own – unassisted.
“If I can get some sleep, it’s a whole new world,” he added.
He tells everyone he can about Healing Warriors.
