About Us
Billy Whitcher was born in New London, New Hampshire in 1969. In 1986 he went in to the US Marines, his M.O.S. was 0341, Mortarman. In 1990 he finished his tour with the US Marines and from there he went on to study criminal justice. He then attended the New Hampshire Police Academy and has been a police officer for 19 years and is currently a New Hampshire State Trooper.
In 1996 he went into the New Hampshire Army National Guard 3/172nd Mountain Infantry and was discharged in 2000. Billy then returned to the military in 2007 and served with the 2/7th Marines in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan in 2008.
In 2009 Billy volunteered for his second combat deployment to Afghanistan with the 86th Brigade Combat Team and will return in December of 2010.
Bill is also a USSA Certified Ski Race Coach, USA Cycling Coach and an MMR certified Mountain Bike Coach. He started racing Mountain Bikes in 1991 then onto road racing in 1993 and cyclocross in 1998, he has been ski racing for over 20 years.
Bill has seen first hand what's the effects of combat can do to military personel who were severly injured and struggle to do the sports they did prior to serving their country...... one of the many reasons he has chosen Wounded Warriors as a recepient of his company.
Bill started his company in 2005 after an injury mountain biking and knew he wanted to do something positive and in conjuction with his background and involvement with the military, Live the EDGE! was born.
A portion of the proceeds are donated to the www.woundedwarriorproject.org