Mailing address:
Operation Helmet
c/o Dr. Bob Meaders
74 Greenview Street
Montgomery, TX 77356

Electronic mail:
ophelm@operation-helmet.org

Telephone:     
936-449-9706 Answered gladly 8AM-5PM CST (sorry, English only)

Reluctantly answered before and after... (this is our home phone.)

• Protection - Shock-absorbing pads keep the helmet from slapping the skull when hit with blast forces, fragments, or being tumbled along the ground or inside a vehicle. This decreases the chance of brain injury from IED's, bombs, RPG's, vehicle accidents, falls, etc.
• Comfort - If it is comfortable, it will stay on troop's head longer and more often.
• Stability - Keeps the helmet firmly on the head and out of the eyes.

The life you save might save another!

We pay $71 for upgrades that fit the Marine (and now Army) helmets, $99 for all others.

Once all troops are provided appropriate blast/impact protecting helmet upgrades, we will utilize residual funds to help other charities providing for rehabilitation and support of our wounded troops and their families. We are researching several charities and will support those we find to be well managed, little or AT LEAST MINIMAL administrative fees and have a proven track record of helping our wounded warriors cope with their injuries and return to either civilian or military life.

We will continue sending upgrade kits, courtesy of the American people, as long as there are any troops without helmet upgrades.

If a troop wears their donated helmet upgrade on only ONE patrol/urban combat mission, it may save their future, and perhaps their life.

Air Force info

Marine Corps info

(Army troops normally do NOT need the upgrade we provide for other services - unless they wind up in country with the older PASGT helmet. The old PASGT helmet is traded for the new ACH at the RSOI for almost all troops.)