Phil Palmer, Executive Director of WarriorWOD, is a Marine Corps Veteran who deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom numerous times where he received a Purple Heart and 2 Commendation Medals with Valor. Phil realized that physical fitness was helping him cope with his invisible wounds and strengthen his mental and emotional fitness.  With so many combat veterans struggling with these visible and invisible wounds, WarriorWOD was created to help those that served through physical fitness.