About Troops in Contact
A nonprofit built for veteran-led disaster response.
Troops in Contact is a 501(c)(3) that built the first credible veteran-led natural disaster response team through practical certifications, funded equipment, and disciplined readiness.
Founder
Founded from the reality that veterans still have work to do.
Troops in Contact identifies Michael May as its founder and keeps the organization’s public story focused on mission, capability, and service. The organization was built around a trained response capability where veterans can put practical skills, judgment, and discipline back to work for communities hit by natural disasters.
What guides the work
A serious nonprofit voice for serious work.
The organization’s tone is direct, credible, and centered on operational readiness rather than soft slogans or spectacle.
Mission before noise
The organization maintains serious natural disaster response readiness, not empty veteran branding or feel-good gatherings.
Credible standards
Training, certifications, safety, and partner coordination have to come before any claim about operational capability.
Veteran team discipline
The mission is built for veterans who understand readiness, coordination, difficult conditions, and the weight of showing up prepared as a team.
What we do
Built with veteran standards.
Troops in Contact is organized around a trained, certified, safety-minded team. Ongoing training includes first aid support, route clearing, chainsaw safety, vehicle recovery, flood-response support, search support, communications, logistics, and disciplined team coordination.
The practical aim
Create a trained, certified, safety-minded volunteer team that can plug into natural disaster response needs without pretending to replace fire, EMS, law enforcement, or emergency management.
Take action
Help Troops in Contact strengthen the team.
Support the ongoing training, equipment, certifications, and logistics that keep the response capability credible and prepared.