MCN’s ‘Veteran of The Week’ – Robert Nuttall

If you were to
ask this week’s veteran Major (Ret) Robert Nuttall his greatest accomplishment,
he would answer being married to Amy Nuttall for twenty-seven years, having
four children and five grandchildren. Robert
attended the University of Houston and received a regular Army commission out
of their ROTC program in 1992. In
January 1993, he attended the Military Police School in Fort McClellan, AL. He graduated and then attended Airborne
School. Robert was assigned to the 6^th
Infantry Division (Light), in Fairbanks, AK where he worked as an Airborne
Platoon Leader. In 1994, he went to Fort Sam Houston, Texas
and worked in the Provost
Marshall’s Office. In 1997 he
left active duty and went into the Army Reserves and was promoted to Captain. At the same time, Robert attended the DEA
Academy at the FBI School in Quantico, VA and became an 1811 Special Agent. His first assignment was working in the
Denver Office of the Rocky Mountain Field Division. In 2001, he was transferred to the DEA Houston Field Division
and then subsequently became a Company Commander in the 607^th
Military Police Battalion in Grand Prairie, Texas. After the events of September 11^th, 2001, Robert’s
company began training for an upcoming deployment. In December 2002, Robert’s unit was alerted and deployed to
Kuwait. In March 2003, the Iraq War started
and the 607^th MP BN, HHD participated in the invasion of Iraq.

Robert’s
company command was very successful, and he was promoted to Major and became a
Battalion Executive Officer. However,
he was injured and suffered a major open traumatic brain injury which would
require several surgeries. The injury
left him cognitively impaired, and he struggled with memory and other issues. After about a year of recovering and receiving cognitive, speech and vocational therapy, Robert was medically retired from the Army and
Federal Law Enforcement.

Searching for a
new career, Robert felt a calling into ministry as he still had a desire to
serve others. He attended seminary
at SMU Perkins School of Theology and graduated
four years later and subsequently served as April Sound Church’s Associate
Pastor for seven plus years. When
COVID began, Robert started a new ministry (501c3) called Warrior Mountain
River Adventures. WMRA believes the best modality
of fighting PTSD and trauma is through outdoor
therapy and sports. Robert believes
God called him to try and stop the suicide
epidemic that plagues
the veterans’ community whereby 22 vets a day commit suicide. For over five years, WMRA has taken
hundreds of veterans on outdoor therapy adventures such as fly fishing,
rafting, kayaking, hiking, 4x4ing, snowmobiling, snowshoeing, and ice fishing. Robert frequently takes vets fishing on
Lake Conroe. If you would like to
support WMRA, visit their website at