Combat wounded veteran, U.S. Marine Corps Corporal (Cpl.) Nate Rogers and his family have a new place in the Raleigh area to call home thanks to Operation: Coming Home. By joining forces, the Operation: Coming Home team and Mattamy Homes made Cpl. Rogers and his family proud homeowners when they presented them keys to their new home on November 9, 2018.

This year marks the 10th anniversary and 18th Hero Home for Operation: Coming Home, and Cpl. Rogers' home will be the ninth home donated to wounded veterans by Mattamy Homes, formerly Royal Oaks. The mission of Operation Coming Home is to improve and enhance the lives of military service members by giving them the opportunity to own a home. "Hero Homes" are built for severely injured combat veterans who have recently returned home from active duty in the Middle East.

US Marine Corps Corporal (Cpl.) Nate Rogers and his family have a new place to call home, thanks to Operation: Coming Home. (CNW Group/Mattamy Homes Limited)
Hand-out US Marine Corps Corporal (Cpl.) Nate Rogers and his family have a new place to call home, thanks to Operation: Coming Home. (CNW Group/Mattamy Homes Limited)

"Mattamy Homes is honored to build an exceptional home for such an extremely deserving American hero and his family," said Rich Van Tassel, Raleigh division president for Mattamy Homes. "By carrying on the tradition set forth by Royal Oaks and committing our time and resources, it is our hope that this home will provide a place for the Rogers family to make cherished memories for many years to come."

Cpl. Rogers served in the US Marine Corps for four years, most of which was spent in the communications division as a radio operator with his twin brother Matt Rogers. During his second tour in Fallujah with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Cpl. Rogers sustained traumatic brain injury, hearing loss, a back injury, and shrapnel wounds when his vehicle ran over an improvised explosive device.

Joining Rich Van Tassel to present the keys to Cpl. Rogers was North Carolina Governor, Roy Cooper, Fuquay-Varina Mayor John Byrne, Wake County Commissioner Sig Hutchinson, 2018 HBA Vice President Gaye Burwell Orr and Executive Director, U.S. Veterans Corps Andrew Ladner.

The project is a result of Operation: Coming Home, a joint volunteer project led by the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County (HBA), the United States Veterans Corps (USVC) and companies such as Mattamy Homes that build and donate homes for disabled combat veterans.