User:G-garciacampos/Patrol Base Abbate

Patrol Base Abbate
Patrol Base Abbate is a non-profit veterans charity that focuses on building commerradery and sense of purpose in veterans through a variety of interest based programs and community building. Patrol Base Abbate is available to all veterans including active duty and non-combat arms members from every branch and of every rank. It is founded by, still active duty, Major, Thomas Schueman.

History
A patrol base is an improvised camp used by troops in the field, away from their larger unit, from which they conduct combat patrols.

Patrol Base Abbate receives its namesake from fallen USMC Sergeant Matthew Abbate. Sgt. Abbate was killed in action, December 2nd, 2010 in Sangin, Afghanistan. He was 26 years old and was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for gallantry.

Thomas Schueman served with Sgt. Abbate in Afghanistan. Schueman later began Patrol Base Abbate after noticing his marines struggled with transition to civilian life and further studying veteran outcomes at Georgetown University. Efforts towards developing a veteran’s community began in 2020 and in 2021 he received a donation of land towards his cause from a fellow Marine veteran. Schueman began hosting programs such as Book Club, Fight Club, Hunt Club and Music Club out of this plot of land on Montana. The original clubs were hosted in very simple camps comprised of canvas tents and other temporary structures. Participants cultivated their interests and worked together to build, maintain and improve their camp as they would have on active duty.

PB Abbate has since built a larger, permanent headquarters on this plot and has established programs and chapters outside of its main “Patrol Base.”

(EDIT: I honestly don't have a whole lot of feedback, as it looks good, except you gotta add your references! I don't know a lot about the military, but maybe you can add some more information, like when the patrol base was founded. You can maybe add some interesting facts about the base also, and maybe like who was in the base? Maybe how large the patrol base is, or how many people it can hold? Other than that it looks good!)