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Los Angeles Marine Sgt. Eric Rodriguez from Wounded Warrior Battalion West, will compete in the 2013 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 11-17. Rodriguez will compete in wheelchair basketball, track and field and cycling.
Sgt. Eric Rodriguez, with Wounded Warrior Battalion West, from Los Angeles, practices during the 2013 Marine Warrior Games team training camp on Fort Carson, Colo. Rodriguez is a below the knee amputee due to combat related injures.
The two-week training camp will prepare Marines for the 2013 Warrior Games. The Warrior Games is a Paralympic style competition to elevate wounded, ill and injured service member's abilities through athletic competition. The fourth annual Warrior Games will not be held at the Olympic Training Center and Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, May 10-16. Athletes will compete in swimming, track and field, volleyball, wheelchair basketball, cycling, shooting and archery. The Marine team will defend their three-time, first place title against the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force and SOCOM. Interview also available. Produced by Cpl. Max Pennington. Also available in High Definition.
| Date Taken: | 05.07.2013 |
| Date Posted: | 05.08.2013 02:31 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 289401 |
| VIRIN: | 130507-M-SO228-577 |
| Filename: | DOD_100806880 |
| Length: | 00:01:48 |
| Location: | COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, US |
| Hometown: | LOS ANGELES, CA, US |
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