Founded By A Veteran
The organization is rooted in firsthand understanding of what it means to search for connection and purpose after service.
About Combat 2 Camera
A veteran-founded nonprofit using photography to support wellness after service.
Combat 2 Camera is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that provides photography-based programming to strengthen veteran mental wellness, social connection, and renewed purpose.
What It Is
Photography-based programming built for reintegration, connection, and renewed purpose.
Founded by a U.S. Army veteran, Combat 2 Camera was created with a clear understanding of the challenges many veterans face after service: isolation, identity loss, and difficulty reconnecting to daily life.
The organization uses structured, creative programming to support mental wellness, build social connection, and create meaningful opportunities for veterans to engage with a skill, a community, and a sense of forward motion.
Built Around Mental Wellness
Photography is used as a structured practice that supports focus, expression, reflection, and emotional reconnection.
Designed To Grow Responsibly
Early programming is shaping a model that can expand while protecting quality, community, and mission integrity.
Why It Works
Photography creates structure, expression, and community.
Combat 2 Camera is built around a practical model: veterans learn photography, practice it in community, and build confidence and connection through repeated shared experiences.
Approach
Skill Development
Participants learn practical photography skills that support focus, progress, and continued creative growth.
Approach
Social Connection
Programs are designed to reduce isolation and foster real peer connection through shared experiences.
Approach
Purpose And Expression
Photography offers a constructive outlet for storytelling, reflection, and renewed personal purpose.
Early Impact
Early programming is already showing traction and engagement.
Combat 2 Camera has already moved beyond concept stage. The pilot phase has demonstrated real participation, hands-on delivery, and meaningful early signals of connection and creative reengagement.
12 Events Delivered
Programming has already included a mix of classroom learning and experiential field-based photography sessions.
50 Veterans Engaged
Early participation shows real interest in a model that combines skill development, community, and wellness support.
Growth With Intention
With 501(c)(3) status in place, Combat 2 Camera is expanding delivery while preserving the quality and structure that make the program effective.
Founder Note
Built from lived experience.
Combat 2 Camera was founded by Troy R. Koltermann, a U.S. Army veteran who discovered photography as a way to reconnect, heal, and move forward after service.
He later earned a degree in photography and won the SkillsUSA National Championship in Commercial Photography. That combination of military experience and creative practice now shapes the organization's mission, design, and long-term vision.
Read the Founder StoryOrganizational Status
A credible early-stage nonprofit with a clear path forward.
Combat 2 Camera is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization expanding from a successful pilot into a stronger long-term program model for veterans.
501(c)(3) Public Charity
Donations are tax deductible and support a veteran-centered nonprofit already delivering real programming.
Growth With Integrity
Expansion is being shaped with care so the program can grow without losing quality, community, or mission clarity.
Partner With Us
Combat 2 Camera welcomes support from donors, sponsors, and veteran-serving organizations that want to expand access.