Joe Nichols is making an effort to cut down on veteran suicide. The country music star who is known for such hits as “Brokenheartsville” and “She Only Smokes When She Drinks” has teamed up with his wife Heather and business executive Andy Wirth to directly address an increasingly concerning problem: warfighter suicide. Far too often, heroes that fight for our freedom return home from battle, and though they might be back, their fight truly never ends.

So the Nichols and Andy Wirth set out to create The Impossible Foundation, a non-profit organization that’s sole purpose is to combat the accelerating rates of suicide in the special operations community. The Grammy nominated singer recognized that those who continue to fight for our freedom have become forgotten, and he’s setting out to help those soldiers in any way that he can:

“Our deep sense of gratitude and indebtedness for all who have served and are serving our great country, coupled with our unfaltering patriotism, brought about the drive to stand up The Impossible Foundation. Nearly 25 years after it commenced, our newsfeeds don’t contain much on the Global War on Terror. In fact, they’ve largely gone quiet and, not surprisingly, many consider the battles over…they’re most certainly not.”

To give you a sense of just how important this foundation is, since 2001 when the “Global War on Terror” began, 4,585 soldiers have lost their lives Iraq and 2,361 have perished fighting in Afghanistan. It’s estimated that in that same time frame, the U.S. Military has lost a staggering 139,936 soldiers to suicide.

Andy Wirth, the co-founder of The Impossible Foundation and board chairman, spoke on why that number is so disconcerting:

“Not only does the global war on terror remain a kinetic and lethal environment for our country’s warriors, but some warfighters have returned home with their own fight…battles of a different kind. Too many times, those warfighters see their battles as unwinnable, and the challenges seem to be impossible to overcome.

Tragically, some chose a permanent solution to a temporary problem. The loss of a warfighter to suicide is rarely reported by the news…in turn, we rarely hear about that heart rendering event. Truly, when a warfighter takes their own life, it’s a heartbreaking result from a personal battle and while unknown and unheard to most, it generates a deafening echo for eternity.”

The Impossible Foundation’s goal is to not let that deafening echo go unnoticed. It’s set up as a grant issuing not-for-profit that will strive to raise money that can then be provided to help organizations that effective programs that are historically successful in lowering and reversing the warfighter suicide rate. Nichols’ organization will set out to help those warfighters that are retired, as well as those that are active duty.

Heather Nichols, a co-founder of the Impossible Foundation, says that the non-profit work they are entering into is the least they can do to help those people who give their all for their country:

“In standing up and launching The Impossible Foundation, Joe, Andy and I are acting on our commitment to those who have given so much of themselves and their lives in service to our country. If our work results in just one warfighter choosing a path other than suicide, it will all be worth it.”