ODIN'S WARRIOR TRIBE

Veterans need more than thanks. They need brotherhood (for men and women), purpose, and a place to belong.

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Odin’s Warrior Tribe is an IRS recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization registered as a charity in Virginia and Maryland. One of our core missions is to support active-duty military, veterans, and the wider military community through meaningful fellowship, shared challenge, heritage-based activities, and the rebuilding of warrior spirit in healthy, constructive ways. We are proud to be the leading Norse Heathen charity in the world carrying out this type of work. 

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Many veterans miss more than the uniform when service ends. They miss camaraderie. They miss mission. They miss the sense of standing among people who understand hardship, sacrifice, discipline, and duty. We exist in part to help answer that loss.

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Our goal is not passive programming. It is living fellowship: men and women gathered in strength, memory, skill, and shared purpose.

 

Who We Serve

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We support:

• Active-duty military

• Veterans

• Members of the military community

• Law enforcement and first responders in many of our activities​

 

While Odin’s Warrior Tribe is rooted in a Norse and Germanic identity, our veteran support efforts are open to those we serve regardless of faith background or personal identity. We welcome those who come in goodwill, and we operate in a spirit of respect, discipline, and lawful conduct.

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What We Do:

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Our veteran activities are built around fellowship, challenge, heritage, and useful skill. Depending on the event, season, and location, these may include:

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Physical and Warrior Activities

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• Archery

• Glíma (Icelnadic wrestling) and other martial arts work

• Fencing and combat games

• Hiking and outdoor challenge

• Horseback riding

• Sailing and rowing

• Other physically engaging events that strengthen confidence, teamwork, and resilience

 

Craft, Trade, and Heritage Skills

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• Boatbuilding

• Woodworking

• Blacksmithing

• Hands-on projects tied to older traditions and practical competence

• Viking Hall building

 

Study, Memory, and Fellowship

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• Book and film discussions

• Museum and battlefield visits

• Conversations on history, warrior ethics, ancestry, and continuity

• Shared meals, camp gatherings, and meaningful social time

 

Rites, Honor, and Support

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• Burial and memorial support where appropriate for Tribe members and friends.

• Recognition of service and sacrifice

• Small scholarships and direct assistance when possible

• A place where veterans can reconnect not only with others, but with themselves

 

Why This Matters

 

The modern world often offers veterans very little that feels worthy of them after service. Too often, men and women who once lived by mission, discipline, and brotherhood are left with isolation, drift, or the expectation that they simply “move on.”

We reject that emptiness.

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We believe veterans deserve places of meaning. They deserve strong fellowship. They deserve challenge, shared labor, memory, and the chance to continue building something that matters.

Our work is not therapy language. It is brotherhood, heritage, effort, and belonging through action.

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Our Impact

 

Each year, our activities involve several hundred participants across active-duty military, veterans, law enforcement, first responders, and the extended military community.

These events and efforts require real resources, real planning, and real financial commitment. We invest tens of thousands of dollars in creating gatherings, training opportunities, travel, projects, equipment, and long-term infrastructure that support this mission.

This is not symbolic work. It is practical work, and it is ongoing.

 

The Viking Hall and Boat Shelter

 

One of the most important projects tied to our veteran mission is the planned Viking Hall and Boat Shelter in Maryland.

 

This project is more than a building. It is intended to become a place of fellowship, memory, craftsmanship, maritime activity, and meaningful gathering for veterans and the wider warrior community. It will support our longship, Sæ Ulfr, provide shelter for tools and equipment, and create a real physical home for feasting, instruction, work, ceremony, and brotherhood.

The Hall is meant to be a place where men and women shaped by service can gather with purpose — not in abstraction, but in a real structure built for continuity, use, and shared life.

This is a major part of our long-term effort to create something enduring for veterans: not just events, but a lasting place.

 

To learn more about the Hall project or to support it directly, please visit our Hall and veteran support site.

 

Follow this link to learn more:

www.owtvikingveteranssupport.com 

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How You Can Help

 

There are several ways to support this work:

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• Support the Hall project

• Donate to veteran-focused activities

• Refer a veteran who may benefit from our events and fellowship

• Partner with us in skill-building, heritage, or maritime efforts

• Reach out to learn more about upcoming opportunities

 

If you believe veterans deserve more than words — if you believe they deserve places, people, and purposes worthy of them — we invite you to stand with us.

 

Contact Us

 

If you would like to support our veteran mission, refer someone, or learn more about how to get involved, please contact us.

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While Odin’s Warrior Tribe members follow the old Viking faith, we serve all active duty and veterans regardless of their faith, ethnic background, race, sexual orientation or any such factors.  We adhere to the Department of War E.O. Policies.

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