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Wounded Warriors: Adaptive Sports – Life Changing and Lifesaving

The U.S. Navy is releasing a video package of Team Navy wounded warrior athletes explaining how adaptive sports and the Department of Defense Warrior Games have been life changing and lifesaving. The athletes are competing in Paralympic-style sports until July 8 in Chicago.

Check out the video here:

http://navylive.dodlive.mil/2017/07/06/adaptive-sports-life-changing-and-life-saving/

They’re among 39 athletes who are competing on behalf of Team Navy in the annual Warrior Games – an event that introduces wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans to Paralympic-style sports. Approximately 225 service members and veterans from the U.S. military, as well as the United Kingdom and Australia are competing.

The Navy, in partnership with the city of Chicago, is hosting this year’s event, which marks the first time the DoD Warrior Games have been held off a military installation. The Games demonstrate the incredible potential of wounded warriors through competitive sports and provides a tremendous healing power for athletes. The competition provides a means to inspire recovery, support rehabilitation, and generate a wider understanding and respect of those who serve their country.

Team Navy is comprised of athletes from Navy Wounded Warrior – Safe Harbor, the Navy’s sole organization for coordinating the non-medical care of seriously wounded, ill, and injured Sailors and Coast Guard members, providing resources and support to their families.

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