ENDEX Archery
Our Mission
ENDEX Archery’s mission is to provide archery equipment, education, and mentorship to military veterans, law enforcement officers, fire fighters, first responders, and individuals who have been exposed to trauma or suffer from symptoms associated with post-traumatic stress.
Our Approach
Archery has been proven to have a positive effect on mental health and is one of the fastest growing forms of drug free treatment for PTSD.
Those that haven’t experienced the mastery of the flight of the arrow may not know the calming sense that fills your soul, produced by the mental focus needed to relax your mind and body before every release of the bow string. Many have discovered the therapeutic benefits of archery which tend to increase healing in people dealing with Post Traumatic Stress.
Archery requires many attributes that service demands, such as discipline, focus, frequent training, fitness and clarity of the mind for absolute situational awareness. As the archer develops their skills, the constant desire to succeed takes ahold of the Warrior, and a journey that never ends, begins.
Why ENDEX?
In the Military, the phrase “ENDEX” is used to mark the “End of Exercise”, often an arduous field training event designed to test the skills of our nations war fighters. “ENDEX” is often echoed loudly and received with relief, as those in training know the trial is over.
We decided to end the exercise in futility that was our nations approach to mental health, especially when it came to combat veterans. With suicide rates climbing in the face of ineffective or inaccessible treatment options, ENDEX set off to show our community what we have found for ourselves; archery heals.
