Will Doggett

Associate

Will Doggett was raised in rural NE Oklahoma. He joined the U.S. Army after graduating from Bluejacket High School in 1992. He spent three years on active duty as an infantryman based at Schofield Barracks in Hawaii. After separating from active duty Will came back to Oklahoma and enrolled in college at Northeastern State University in Tahlequah, OK. He also married his High School sweetheart Joy Williams. After a four year break in service, Will joined the OK National Guard in 1999. His first unit of assignment was in a reconnaissance platoon.

In 2003, he deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. He was tasked as a Tactical Advisor, a new concept at time, for an Embedded Training Team in Southeastern Afghanistan with the Afghan National Army(ANA). As the Tactical Advisor to an ANA Heavy Weapons Company, Will was sent to Lawara, Afghanistan. At that time the Lawara firebase was the closest firebase to the Pakistani border and considered the most dangerous. While at Lawara, Will met The FEW co-founder Ronny Sweger. They worked together daily and became good friends. On occasion, Will and Ronny also had to fight together side by side.

In 2008, Will was deployed to Iraq with OK National Guard in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He served as an infantry platoon sergeant and also as an Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance platoon sergeant. Currently, Will serves as the First Sergeant for D Co. 1/279 INF 45 IN BDE. He is also employed as a firefighter and paramedic with the Broken Arrow, OK Fire Department. On his days off he runs a small cattle operation, makes custom leather goods, and chases kids.

Being raised in the country on a farm/ranch operation, Will has always held a close kinship with the outdoors. Whether it was helping his family make a living off the land or out in the woods hunting whatever was in season, Will understood the importance of his outdoor surroundings from an early age. After two combat deployments, Will knows firsthand how therapeutic spending time out in the wild and sharing it with close friends can be.

In 2014, Will saw himself in The Foundation for Exceptional Warriors’ mission video with Ronny while disarming an IED in 2004. Nearly 10 years after last seeing each other, Ronny invited Will to an event with The FEW. It was a great time that refuel a friendship between former warrior brothers. Today, Will is involved with and supports The FEW because it is a unique organization able to reach a multitude of Warriors in a setting they are completely comfortable, the Great Outdoors.