Cooking up new ways to help veterans

By Leo Shane III

But officials at Disabled American Veterans say his advocacy work on behalf of his fellow wounded warriors is even more impressive than his cooking skills.

The former sergeant first class, medically discharged from the Army in 2012, was honored Aug. 8 as the organization’s Outstanding Disabled Veteran of the Year. Since then, he has gone from almost homeless to producing his own television show, all the while fighting stigmas surrounding post-traumatic stress disorder.

Myers served two combat tours before his injury, and admits that he had little idea how to move on from the military when he was medically discharged. The former Army chef struggled to support his family until he was invited on a special military-themed edition of Food Network’s “Chopped,” where he won bragging rights and $10,000.

The win led to a second competition appearance on the network and an invitation from a television production group to put together his own military-themed cooking series. He has already promised a quarter of the profits from that effort will go toward helping veterans with PTSD.

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