Warrior to Love®
About Philip
Philip Ayles is the Founder & President of Warrior to Love®, an author, speaker, combat veteran, veteran advocate, and wedding officiant. After 24 years in uniform, his mission now is helping others come home to themselves.
Author
Speaker
Combat Veteran
Veteran Advocate
Wedding Officiant
Thank You & Welcome Home.
Leave your armor at the door — you are among people who understand.
My story
Purpose, service, transition, and connection.
I served 24 years in the United States Army as a Military Police Officer, Civil Affairs Team Leader, and Human Intelligence Collector. When the uniform came off, I struggled with identity, purpose, and reintegration. Through self-awareness, emotional intelligence, mindfulness, and love, I learned how to reconnect with myself, my family, and my community. Today I help veterans, first responders, and families walk that same road through Warrior to Love®.
My story begins in a working-class family in Dayton, Ohio, where I grew up searching for purpose and belonging. I became the first person in my family to graduate college — earning a bachelor’s in Criminal Justice and a master’s in Public Administration — and then gave 24 years of my life to military service, including combat operations in Iraq.
Michael Iwaniusz
Co-Founder & Treasurer
(Temporary bio.) Michael helps steward the resources, finances, and partnerships that let Warrior to Love® grow from Jacksonville outward.
The Army gave me leadership, resilience, and mission focus. It did not prepare me for the day the uniform came off. In 2015 I arrived in Jacksonville, Florida, living in an RV and trying to figure out who I was beyond the mission. Through reflection, faith, and relationships, I began to heal.
That journey led me to build Ayles Solutions, and eventually to found Warrior to Love®. Along the way I learned the lesson at the heart of everything we do: healing happens through connection, service, and love.
No warrior should have to walk their next mission alone.
Most important life events
The road from uniform to community.
Ohio
Working-class roots
Growing up in a working-class family in Dayton, Ohio, searching for purpose and belonging.
First
First college graduate
The first in my family to earn a degree — a B.S. in Criminal Justice, then an M.P.A.
24 yrs
United States Army
Serving as a Military Police Officer, Civil Affairs Team Leader, and Human Intelligence Collector.
Iraq
Combat service
Deploying overseas, including combat operations in Iraq.
Transition
The uniform comes off
Facing the identity, purpose, and reintegration struggles so many veterans know.
2015
Jacksonville & an RV
Arriving in Florida, living in an RV, and asking who I was beyond the mission.
Christy
Meeting my wife
Learning that connection, not armor, is where real strength lives.
Awakening
Emotional intelligence
Discovering emotional intelligence, self-awareness, and mindfulness.
Ayles Solutions
Building a venture
Turning hard-won lessons into a way to serve others.
Warrior to Love®
Founding the movement
Creating a home for healing, connection, service, and belonging.
The lesson
Connection, service, love
Healing happens through connection, service, and love.
Credibility
Credibility that supports the mission.
24-Year Army Veteran
Military Police Officer, Civil Affairs Team Leader, and Human Intelligence Collector.
Combat Veteran
Service including combat operations in Iraq.
Educated Leader
Master of Public Administration and Bachelor of Criminal Justice.
Founder & President
Founder and President of Warrior to Love®.
Founder of Ayles Solutions
Founder of Ayles Solutions, a veteran-led venture.
Community Leader
Veteran Treatment Court Mentor and Community Health Outreach Board Member.
Media & public engagement
Service that continues out of uniform.
Public Speaking
Keynotes and talks on leadership, reintegration, and emotional intelligence.
Ongoing
Community Leadership
Active in community leadership events across the region.
Ongoing
Jacksonville Civic Engagement
Local civic involvement and community partnerships.
Ongoing
Podcast Appearances
Guest conversations on veteran life, healing, and purpose.
Upcoming
Veteran Advocacy
Veteran Treatment Court mentorship and community outreach.
Ongoing
More talks, appearances, and partnerships will be added as the movement grows.