They’re here for us. Let’s be there for them.

When SEAL families make the tough transition between combat and home, they need a new set of tools to stay strong. Dedicated to the memory and values of Charles Keating IV, the C4 Foundation provides a unique neuroscience-based program recognized by the Naval Special Warfare Command for managing the stressors that our most elite warriors and their families experience.

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NSW PARTICIPANTS...

Your Donations Make a Difference for Those Who Make a Difference

NSW PARTICIPANTS...

100%

PROOF

Request repeat visits

99%

MEANING

Say the experience was meaningful

98%

STRESS

Report a decrease in stress post-visit

95%

FAMILY

Report strengthened family connection post-visit

HOW WE HELP

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Program

Warrior Reset Program

SEAL/SWCCs attend a 3-day program to decompress and learn stress management tools. Clinical specialists offer hands-on support in the fields of behavioral neuroscience, performance breathwork, physical therapy, and somatic therapy. Restorative activities include yoga, meditation, cold plunge, sound therapy, and neuromuscular massage.

Spouse Reset Program

Mirroring many of the activities of the Warrior Reset Program, this 3-day program provides tools to help manage the particular stressors faced by the SEAL/SWCC spouse. This program serves to empower and support spouses, helping them to maintain resilience and strength during relentless training and deployment cycles.

Couples Reset Program

The carefully selected activities offered during this 3-day program are chosen to strengthen the connection and communication between SEAL/SWCC couples so that they achieve a renewed sense of closeness. This program includes relationship gratitude roundtable discussions, couples massage, couples yoga and meditation and fostering communication workshops.

Family Retreat Program

This 3-day program fosters family resilience, family unity, and family communication through engaging with nature, reconnecting with family and experiencing meaningful moments that create lasting memories and stronger bonds. This program provides an uninterrupted space for forging connections that is often missing in the hectic lives of SEAL/SWCC families.

Command Offsites

As a mission critical aspect of high-stakes training and deployment, Naval Special Warfare Commands and SEAL/SWCCs come together to solidify relationships and to discuss leadership and management strategies. These remote, private and confidential events are approved by the Naval Special Warfare Command.

Specialty Workshops

The C4 Foundation pays close attention to the particular needs of the NSW community and offers numerous workshops and specialty programs to SEAL/SWCCs and their families. Examples of this programming: kids wilderness survival training, combatives training, spiritual retreats, family planning retreats, nutrition and fitness worships and animal husbandry and nature conservancy.

Never Forgotten

MEET CHARLIE

The C4 Foundation is dedicated to the memory of Charles Keating IV, who died in combat while protecting his Navy SEAL brothers, his country and the families of this great nation.  Charlie, also known as C4, valued family, freedom, community and the SEAL Teams.  Through the C4 Foundation, Charlie’s values and legacy will never be forgotten.

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