GREAT LAKES (Nov. 6, 2019) -- A seated volleyball tournament at Great Lakes Morale, Welfare and Recreation’s (MWR) Gym 4 on Nov. 6 gave 54 Sailors, mainly from Training Support Center (TSC) Great Lakes and Naval Station Great Lakes, insight into the lives of Sailors and Coastguardsmen who have been injured in the course of their military service.
“It’s very exciting, very fun to be involved in this program out here,” said TSC Command Master Chief CMDCM (SS) Randy Reid. “It’s a great program.”
Nine teams with six Sailors on each side competed in a round robin tournament over two hours. A buffet lunch was provided along with a ceremonial cake.
The event was part of Wounded Warrior Care Month, which takes place in November each year.
Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) is the Navy's sole organization for coordinating the non-medical care of combat and non-combat seriously wounded, ill and injured Sailors, and Coast Guardsmen, regardless of rank, and providing resources and support to their families. Enrollment in is not limited to those with combat wounds. The program also supports those with non-combat serious illnesses – both mental and physical conditions – and injuries sustained in deployment, training or liberty accidents.
“The Navy Wounded Warrior program was started because there was a need to help out people who were injured while on active duty,” said Jose “Doc” Nicola, NWW coordinator for Great Lakes who is based out of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC). “We know what wounded means. Being injured can take on a different meaning. It could mean being ill or a severe diagnosis. Anything that could impair you.”
NWW works side by side with Navy medicine to ensure top-notch support is provided to those enrolled in the program. Engineman 1st Class Evan Jeide, a Recruit Division Commander (RDC) at Recruit Training Command (RTC) is one such service member who has gone through a lengthy illness.
“I was lucky to have people like Jose (Nicola) around to help my wife through that, my family through that,” said Jeide. “You’ve got Navy Wounded Warrior there every step of the way. Whether you’re an E-1, all the way up to an O-8, they are going to assist you.”
“The way this program is designed is that we respond to your bedside,” said Nicola. “That’s my job. My job is to take care of you.”
“I work very closely with Doc (Nicola) after our active duty Sailors find themselves in the hospital or have a medical condition,” said Reid.
NWW works to return Sailors or Coast Guardsmen to full duty. When that is not possible, the program works collaboratively with federal agencies and local organizations to help service members successfully reintegrate into their communities.
“At no point in time will you be left with no one to assist you,” said Nicola.
To learn more, visit http://www.navywoundedwarrior.com/.
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