Lt. Col. Hope Jackson, retired, the founding director of the H.O.P.E. Institute and Starke, Fla., native, sits on a heart-shaped planter at the first House of Peace in El Paso, Texas, Feb. 20, 2014. The H.O.P.E More
Spc. Koutangni Gbedjisokpa, a combat medic from 1st Armored Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Bliss, Texas, installs a light fixture at the first House of Peace in El Paso, Texas, Feb. 22, 2014. Lt. Co More
From front to back, Master Sgt. Marc Campuzano, a senior maintenance control sergeant from 1st Armored Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Tory Johannsen, an Army veteran and accounting More
Dan Brigle, secretary and treasurer for the Forgotten Renegades Motorcycle Club in El Paso, Texas, pulls weeds at the first House of Peace Feb. 22, 2014. The Forgotten Renegades is one of many organizations tha More
Spc. Koutangni Gbedjisokpa, a combat medic from 1st Armored Division, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, at Fort Bliss, Texas, pries down a crossbeam at the first House of Peace in El Paso, Texas, Feb. 22, 2014. Retired More