Wounded Warrior Regiment Founder Retires

LtCol Tim Maxwell, one of the best Marines wearing the uniform today, has decided to retire:

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va., July 2, 2009 – U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Timothy Maxwell stood stoicly silent as the crowd at his retirement ceremony rose to their feet and applauded. For those who knew of his incredible journey, they can’t help but let their emotions flow.

Maxwell, one of the founders of the Wounded Warrior Regiment, retired after 22 years of dedicated service on June 26 in a ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps here.

Maxwell deployed six times and on his final deployment, in Iraq, he suffered a severe traumatic brain injury during an Oct. 7, 2004, mortar attack on the forward operating base where he was stationed. Shrapnel tore though the left side of his brain.

That injury took him off the battlefield but it never took him out of the fight. He is, as B5 might say, someone you really ought to know. Semper Fi, Marine, and well done.