A Wyoming 1st SG in Manhattan: Worman represents Wyoming Veterans and CHAPS

Executive Director of CHAPS Equine Assisted Services, Kristen Marcus and retired First Sergeant (1st SG) Devin Worman made an appearance on Sheridan Media’s Public Pulse to speak on the impact of CHAPS Equine Assisted Services and the Trail to Zero program. 

Worman has 24 years of military experience, first serving in the US Army then the Wyoming Army National Guard during the Global War on Terrorism. 

D. Worman 

Like many veterans, Worman suffered from Post Traumatic Stress and turned to alcohol in an attempt to dull the symptoms. But Worman went to the Sheridan VA Health System to regain control of his life. This would lead him to CHAPS. With the help of the VA’s programs, a lot of personal work and his love of horses, Worman cleared his head and his heart. 

D. Worman 

In addition to becoming a board member of CHAPS, Worman has become a Peer Counselor at the Sheridan VA, helping his fellow service members regain their lives and purpose.

Worman’s passion for CHAPS, recovery and assisting his fellow service members inspired Marcus to seek him for a special mission, to represent Wyoming Veterans and CHAPS in New York City with the Trail to Zero program. 

K. Marcus

Along with 12 other veterans, the NYPD and the President and CEO of BraveHearts Meggan Hill McQueeney, Worman rode through Manhattan, representing Wyoming veterans and bringing awareness to the struggles they face.   

D. Worman 

BraveHearts is the largest equine assisted service for veterans in the nation serving over a thousand veterans a year. Marcus and the team at CHAPS is working to make the local equine assisted services organization capable of helping as many veterans as BraveHearts, right here in Sheridan.  

As for Worman, he said he has found a new life in the service of his fellow veterans. In the Wyoming Army Guard as a 1st SG, his duty was to care for his soldiers. Now retired, he works to help veterans find new purpose, motivation and direction, truly defining the moniker soldiers give to their 1st SGs; “Top.” 

1SG (ret.) Devin Worman (far right) rode through Manhattan with 12 other veterans, the NYPD and the President and CEO of BraveHearts Meggan Hill McQueeney.