The Operator Relief Fund (ORF) exists to change that.
Founded to support current and former members of the special operations and intelligence communities, and their spouses, ORF connects participants with a specialized medical procedure not covered by private insurance, the VA, or traditional Military Treatment Facilities, known as a Dual Stellate Ganglion Block (DSGB). The treatment involves injecting medication around a bundle of nerves in the neck that regulates the sympathetic nervous system. For those whose systems have been locked in overdrive, the procedure effectively “resets” that response, helping to relieve symptoms such as anger, irritability, and hypervigilance associated with post-traumatic stress.
The result isn’t a cure, but it’s often a powerful catalyst.
The procedure creates a window of calm, allowing participants to engage more effectively in therapy and other treatments that may have previously felt out of reach. “It’s what you do during that calm that changes things,” one provider explained. “The reset gives people a chance to receive help, not just endure it.”
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