>> you have to be certain. >> eric millette says he expects ret retaliation from wounded warrior projectt that won't stop him. >> as a veteran, i feel other veterans need a voice. i am in a position where i can be their voice. i feel if i don't stand up and do what i feel is right. and, voice their concerns. how i feel, then i am leaving them behind. >> captain kules' wounded warrior project representative, said mental health services are very important to the charity and it is committing $100 million over three years to a warrior care network. it will be in a partnership with four hospitals nationwide. that will provide out patient mental health services to post 9/11 veterans. >> all the snow in the west this winter made slopes dangerous place. colorado avalanche information center says this month has been the deadliest january in nearly 20 years. last week alone, three people died in avalanches in washington state and wyoming. meanwhile, a snow boarder in tahoe faces criminal charges for starting an avalanche in an area that was off-limits to skis and snow board. >> reporter: this is w

retired army staff sergeant eric millette came home from iraq in 2006 with a bronze star and purple heart along with a traumatic brain injury and ptsd. >> on the morning of october 2nd, 2006. i was in iraq. >> reporter: wounded warrior project enrolled him in warriors speak which provides important life stills that help warriors succeed. in 2013, the charity hired him as a public speaker. but, millette quit last year. he says warriors speak is less like a pre gram to help veterans and more like a fund-raising vehicle. and they will tell you it is not. but it is. i see how an organization that rakes in hundreds of millions of brothers and my sisters. or at laes not all of them. >> cbs news has interviewed more than three dozen former employees of the wounded warrior project. and nearly all of them have told us, their concerned that the organization has become more focused on raising money than on serving wounded veterans. many of those former staffers believe that after raising more than $1 billion, since 2003, the charity should be providing more comprehensive services to wounded veterans

>> you have to be certain. >> eric millette says he expects retal retaliation from wounded warrior project. but that won't stop him. >> as a veteran, i feel other veterans need a voice. i am in a position where i can be their voice. i feel if i don't stand up and do what i feel is right. and, voice their concerns. how i feel, then i am leaving >> captain kules' wounded warrior project representative, said mental health services are very important to the charity and it is committing $100 million over three years to a warrior care network. it will be in a partnership with four hospitals nationwide. that will provide out patient mental health services to post 9/11 veterans. >> all the snow in the west this winter made slopes dangerous place. colorado avalanche information center says this month has been the deadliest january in nearly 20 years. last week alone, three people died in avalanches in washington state and wyoming. meanwhile, a snow boarder in tahoe faces criminal charges for starting an avalanche in an area that was off-limits to skis and snow board. >> reporter: this is what an av

retired army staff sergeant eric millette came home from iraq in 2006 with a bronze star and purple heaea along with a aumatic brain injuryrynd ptsd. >> on the morning of october 2nd, 2006. i was in iraq. >> reporter: wounded warrior speak which provides important life stills that help warriors succeed. in 2013, the charity hired him a public speaker. but, millette quit last year. he says warriors speak is less like a pre gram to help veterans and more like a fund-raising vehicle. and they will tell you it is not. but it is. i see how an organization that rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars a year is not helping my brothers and my sisters. or at laes not all of them. >> cbs news has interviewed more than three dozen former employees of the wounded warrior project. and nearly all of them have told us, their concerned that the organization has becomommore focused on raising money than on serving wounded veterans. many of those former staffers believe that after raising more than $1 billion, since 2003, the charity should be providing more compmphensive services to wounded veterans. >>

retired army staff sergeant eric millett came home from iraq with a bronze star, a purple heart, a traumatic brain injury and ptsd. wounded warrior project enrolled him in the warrior speak program as a public speaker but he says warrior speak is less about helping veterans and more about raising cash. >> i began to see how an organization that rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars a year is not helping my brothers and my sisters. or at least not all of 'em. >> laura: cbs news interviewed dozens of former employees and nearly all of them said they were concerned the organization has become more focused on raising money than serving wounded veterans. wounded warrior project declined repeated requests by cbs to interview the c.e.o. but its director of alumni says the group checks up on veterans every year on their birthday to to see how they are doing and if >> "q": there, you go. well -- what does wounded warriors have in cleveland when it comes to that area with us now -- carl monday, the man. what do you know? what have you learned? >> reporter: well we just started checking. first of al

eric millett came home from iraq in 2006 with a purple heart and a traumatic brain injury but it's what he's doing now that have many calling him a true hero. >> at some point somebody has to stand up and do the hard right over the easy wrong in the easy wrong is to allow these things to continue and no one take a stand. >> reporter: he's one of 40 former employees of the wounded warrior project who are now blowing the whistle on the organization. >> their mission is to honor and empower warriors. what the public doesn't see is how they spend their money. >> reporter: he exposes the lavish spending, $2500 bar tabs at expensive hotels. helping the network uncover the group only using about 60% of donations for veterans. but as a wounded veteran himself, he says he couldn't take the waste, so he spoke up. i want to make sure that these brave women -- men and women high surf set -- beside our taken care of. >> reporter: another says he saw the story and says what others uncovered is truly outrageous. >> veterans put their lives on the line to serve the country, not to serve themselves. >>

retired army staff sergeant eric millette came home with a purple heart and along with a traumatic brain damage and ptsd. wounded warrior project enrolled him in their program that helps wounded warriors succeed. in 2013 the charity hired him as a public speaker. he said it's more like a fund-raising vehicle. >> they will tell you it's not, but it is. i began to see how an organization that rakes in hundreds of millions of dollars a year, is not helping my brothers and my sisters or at least not all of them. >> reporter: cbs news has interviewed more than three dozen former employees of the wounded warrior project and nearly all of them have told us they are concerned that the organization has become more focused on raising money than on serving wounded veterans. many of those former staffers believe that after raising more than $1 billion since 2003, the charity should be providing more comprehensive services to wounded veterans. >> i think they want to show warriors a good time. i think they get these warriors out on these events, but where is the follow-up? >> reporter: these two form