Zachary Guill

Zack Guill, a current Wounded Warrior Fellow
working for Rep. Dave Reichert,
tour the Capitol with CAO Dan Beard.

Zachary Guill’s job in the Army made him the perfect candidate for a job as a police officer, a secret service agent or a U.S. Marshal, but an injury in Iraq changed all that.

It was December 2006 and Sergeant Guill was in Iraq on his third deployment. While he was on duty an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded and severely damaged his back and his right leg.

After a medical discharge, the Washington native returned to his home state and found it “very difficult” to get a job.

He could no longer follow his dream and become a U.S Marshal or an agent because running was impossible. The former airborne infantryman, who now walks with a cane, and worked surveillance in a small casino to make ends meet.

Guill, 28, was thrilled to discover the House of Representative’s Wounded Warrior Program.

“I was shocked,” he said. “It had never even crossed my mind that these programs would exist.”

He’s spent the last three months in Congressman Dave Reichert’s District office working on veteran’s affairs casework.

“In a job like this, I can relate to the people that I’m trying to help and I think that’s extremely important,” Guill said. “I’m grateful for it.”