Video by Terry Cornwell | Defense Health Agency | 05.16.2023
Wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans have trained and competed across all branches in an effort to secure a spot on their respective 2023 DOD Warrior Games Challenge teams. These are a few of the stories of those who are utilizing adaptive sports as a key component in their recovery. For more information regarding the Military Adaptive Sports Program and other transition......
Video by Sara Barger | Defense Health Agency | 12.06.2022
Meet Coach Patrick Johnson, a veteran of the U.S. Navy who medically retired 13 years ago. Today he helps run Walter Reed's military adaptive sports program and coaches multiple crew teams in the National Capital Region. To learn more about military adaptive sports program, visit health.mil/warriorcare....
Video by Bruce Moody | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 09.29.2017
USAF Staff Sgt. Vincent Cavazos and veteran Master Sgt. Kyle Burnett both advanced to the medal round in archery at the 2017 Invictus Games in Toronto. They are part of an 81-member team representing the United States at the games. Both have overcome significant injury and illness by utilizing military adaptive sports as a primary component in their respective recoveries....
Video by Bruce Moody | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 09.27.2017
USA active duty service members play an important role in the makeup of the US Invictus Games team. USAF Tech. Sgt. Jason Caswell and USMC Sgt. Ivan Sears continue to serve their country despite their injuries and both are honored to represent the US on the wheelchair rugby court. Sears also serves as the US team co-captain and is competing in adaptive team sports for the first time at the......
Video by Bruce Moody | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 09.26.2017
On July 6, 2011, while on a foot patrol in Kajaki, a village in southern Afghanistan, Marine Corps Sgt. Mike Nicholson was hit with a 40-pound roadside bomb. The blast took off his right leg at the hip, his left leg through the knee and his left arm below the elbow. He suffered a traumatic brain injury and post-traumatic stress. Despite 33 surgeries afterward, Nicholson continues to persevere......
Video by Bruce Moody | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 09.25.2017
Special Operations Command veteran Sgt. Roosevelt Anderson and Navy veteran Chief Petty Officer Sharona Young share their personal journeys to The Invictus Games. The Invictus Games, established by Prince Harry in 2014, brings together wounded and injured veterans from 17 nations for 12 adaptive sporting events, including track and field, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, swimming,......
Video by Bruce Moody | Office of the Secretary of War Public Affairs | 09.20.2017
Air Force Master Sgt. Ben Seekell is one of 81 injured, ill or wounded service members of TeamUS, preparing to Toronto where 550 competitors from 17 nations will compete in the 2017 Invictus Games. Seekell and his teammates are training at Hofstra University, in Hempstead, New York....
Video by Staff Sgt. Mark Shrewsbury | U.S. Special Operations Command | 05.02.2016
The Team U.S. Wheel-Chair Rugby Team gathered on MacDill Air Force Base, Florida today to begin their final day of official practice, before the 2016 Invictus Games next week in Orlando, Florida....
