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Wheelchair basketball game during Warrior Games

Soldier Uses Sports to Stay Resilient, Motivated

Drive, camaraderie and a chance to be an athlete again drove one Army specialist from her hospital room to compete.

Medically retired Air Force Senior Airman Karah Behrend and her sister Crystal Boyd pose for a photo at 2018 Warrior Games at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. June 2, 2018. The sisters met for the first time in person at the games. (DoD photo/EJ Hersom)

Retired Airman Meets Biological Sister at DoD Warrior Games

She was competing in track and field and indoor rowing, but medically retired Air Force Senior Airman Karah Behrend couldn't...

Army 1st Lt. Christopher Parks competes in the men's hand cycle event during the Army trials at Fort Bliss, Texas, March 29, 2015. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

Soldier Hopes to Earn Medal at Invictus Games with Family’s Support

An Army physician assistant who won medals at the Warrior Games last year will attempt to repeat that success at this year’s...

Army trials team tryouts and coaches for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games huddle before basketball practice on Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, March 28, 2015.(U.S. Army photo/EJ Hersom)

Sports Trials Begin for Army Warrior Games Team

About 75 Soldiers will go head to head in cycling, swimming, archery, shooting, track and field, sitting volleyball and...

Vietnam veteran Jim Alderman lines up a shot during a game of pool in the recreation room at the inpatient post-traumatic stress disorder clinic at the Bay Pines Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Bay Pines, Fla. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

50 Years Later, Vietnam Veteran Finds Help for PTSD

After half a century of attempting to address his post-traumatic stress disorder on his own, veteran Jim Alderman sought out...

Coast Guard Leader Celebrates, Champions Diversity

When Terri A. Dickerson, the director of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Office of Civil Rights, was a little girl she attended a...

Army Reserve Transportation officer Capt. Daniel Lopez-Guerrero, stands outside of the Army Logistics University at Fort Lee, Va. (DoD photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Timothy Haake)

Army Family Proud of Hispanic Heritage, U.S. Citizenship

National Hispanic Heritage History Month gives Active Guard Reserve soldier Capt. Daniel Lopez-Guerrero a chance to reflect...

Marine Heads Team at Army Competition

General Reflects on Hispanic Heritage, Credits Mentors with Success

In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, Air Force Maj. Gen. Linda Urrutia-Varhall shares her lessons learned at the U.S...

Medically retired Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Sarah Rudder runs the 100-meter sprint during the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., June 23, 2015. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Terry W. Miller Jr.

Marine Pushes through Pain to Win Warrior Games Gold

Medically retired Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Sarah Rudder earned gold medals in the women’s 50-meter freestyle and 100-freestyle...

Infantryman Takes Silver in DoD Warrior Games Shot Put

Veteran Army infantryman Spc. Haywood Range III earned the gold in men's standing shot put, June 23.

Marine Corps Reserve Staff Sgt. Richard Delarosa-Buglewicz pushes ahead to finish first in his heat in the men's open 800-meter track event during the 2015 DoD Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Quantic., June 23, 2015. (DoD photo/Shannon Collins)

Marine Follows Grandfather into Long-Distance Running

Marine Corps Cpl. Marcus Chischilly defends as retired Navy Chief Petty Officer Hector Varela takes a shot during the wheelchair basketball gold medal match at the 2015 DoD Warrior Games, June 23, 2015. (DoD photo by Shannon Collins)

Marines Beat Navy for Gold in Wheelchair Basketball

The Marine Corps wheelchair basketball team defended its title, defeating the Navy team for gold, 57-24, in the 2015 DoD...

Medically retired Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ronnie Jeffrey Jimenez celebrates after he earned a gold medal in the men's H5 hand cycle category at the 2015 DoD Warrior Games on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., June 21, 2015. DoD photo by Shannon Collins

Former Platoon Sergeant Hand-Cycles to Gold

Medically retired Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Ronnie Jeffrey Jimenez received a gold medal for the men’s H5 hand cycle category...

Army Capt. Kelly Elmlinger performs laps in her race wheelchair at Joint Base San Antonio, while training for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games, June 11, 2015. DoD photo by EJ Hersom

Nurse Beats Cancer, Readies for Warrior Games

Army Capt. Kelly Elmlinger will be competing in all of the women’s wheelchair track events and women’s classified swimming...

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