Barbette Lowndes, director, Total Workforce Management at Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) shares networking strategies with a transitioning service member at a wounded warrior networking event More
Marine veteran Sgt. Brian McPherson runs to take first in the 1500m open competition during the track and field of the 2013 Warrior Games event at the United States Air Force Academy. From May 11-16, more than More
Patrick Stone, musician, performs for wounded warriors at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 21, 2013. The Traveling Guitar Foundation embarked on its first USO tour More
A scuba diver with Scuba Warriors, a series of scuba classes offered for free to wounded warriors and special operations forces who have deployed by Heartbeat Serving Wounded Warriors, enters the waters off the More
Roy Rossignol, chief, Small Business for the Nashville District talks with Spc. Michael Cartwright from Fort Campbell. Operation Warfighter is the first professional transition program active wounded warriors c More
Master Sgt. Cory Hancock, Deployment Transition Center program NCOIC, speaks to students from the University of Southern California School of Social Work, June 12, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The USC School of More
Gen. John F. Campbell, vice chief of staff of the Army, joins executives of Hope For the Warriors for lunch in their Lower Manhattan office, June 13, 2013 during a trip to New York City for the Army's 238th bir More
An Air Force Wounded Warrior practices swimming techniques during the Air Force Warrior Adaptive Sports Camp at Joint Base Andrews, Md., June 26, 2013. The camp was intended to introduce the warriors to adaptiv More
Wounded Warriors learn to play wheelchair basketball during an Air Force Wounded Warrior Adaptive Sports Training Camp at the West Fitness Center at Joint Base Andrews, Md., June 26, 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo More
Pfc. Joshua Kelly (left) and retired Army Spc. Anthony Pone race for control of the ball during a recent game of wheelchair basketball for wounded warriors. Pone’s team won the game, 32-29. (U.S. Marine Corps p More
Coach Kas Metzler leads the swimmers in yoga to practice breathing and relaxation techniques prior to beginning the mini-meet portion of training to simulate a competitive swim meet during the fourth and final More
Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval talks with Staff Sgt. Rebecca Owen, United States Air Force Warfare Center paralegal, before the USA Blue vs. White basketball game July 25, 2013, at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las More
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks during a ceremony commemorating the signing of the Korean armistice 60 years ago at the Korean War Memorial in Washington, July 27, 2013. (Department of Defense Photo by Mass More
U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. McMullan with the Missouri Air National Guard, 139th Civil Engineer Squadron, Structures Shop, prepares to hoist building material to the roof of a garage being constructed at the YMCA More
Corporal Matthew S. Babler, left, and Lance Cpl. Justin R. Beer, riflemen temporarily assigned to Wounded Warrior Battalion West, were presented the Purple Heart for injuries sustained from sniper fire while de More
Colby Dean passes a basketball to a teammate during a wheelchair basketball scrimmage at an Air Force Wounded Warrior Adaptive Sports Camp July 31, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The camp introduced Wound More
Members of Coast Guard Station Ashtabula, Ohio, along with members of the Ashtabula American Legion Post Honor Guard render a salute to veterans wounded in combat during a Wounded Warriors in Action Foundation More
Senior Airman Crystal Cuyan, 651st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, plays pin the tail on the C-130 as members of the 651st EAES and the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron watch August 12, 2013, More
Staff Sgt. Christian Boles from Wounded Warrior Battalion East stretches before beginning the third day of training at the Concordia University Throwing Center in Portland, Oregon. Staff Sgt. Boles service dog More
Sgt. Rico L. Rose and Sgt. Nathan G. Zatezalo raise the American flag during a ground-breaking ceremony Friday for a house building project that will help a Marine veteran with disabilities in the future. Both More
Wounded veteran cyclists ride almost 400 miles from Chicago's Soldier Field to Detroit, during the 2013 Ride 2 Recovery Great Lakes Challenge, Aug. 23–29, 2013. R2R helps injured active duty service members and More
Capt. Chris McGleinnaiss with Wounded Warrior Battalion West-Detachment Hawaii shoots his bow at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii Archery Range Aug. 29, in preparation for the Marine Corps Trials. The Marine Corps More
Staff Sgt. Jonathan Kertulis sets up a litter prior to a Mobile Field Surgical Team and Expeditionary Critical Care Team exercise at the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing in Southwest Asia, Sept. 6, 2013. Kertulis i More
Eric Gudbranson and Joey Crabb, both members of the Florida Panthers professional hockey team, meet with wounded warriors at the Center for the Intrepid Sept. 19 during a familiarization tour to observe some of More
Col. Rick Uribe, Squadron Commander of Marine Corps Aviation Association Marion Carl Squadron, addresses the crowd to thank everyone who supported the Semper Fi Fund and their efforts to raise donations for wou More
Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan Battaglia, senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Lisa, attended the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation Appreciation Dinner as p More
Brigadier Gen. Vincent A. Coglianese, commanding general, 1st Marine Logistics Group, pins a Purple Heart on his son, Ferdinand Coglianese, a Marine veteran, Sept. 28, 2013, in Schwenksville, Pa. While deployed More
Volunteers from the Guided Missile Cruiser USS Lake Erie (CG-70), along with their mascot Charlie, take a photo opportunity with Miss Hawaii Crystal Lee and Miss Latina Hawaii Steisha Sheather at the Wounded Wa More
The 35th commandant of the Marine Corps, General James F. Amos, the 17th sergeant major of the Marine Corps, Sgt. Maj. Micheal P. Barrett and Mrs. Bonnie Amos, visit wounded warriors and patients at Balboa Hosp More
Deputy Secretary of Defense Ash Carter visits a wounded U.S. service member Oct. 29, 2013, at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio. (DOD photo by Glenn Fawcett/Released)
A British service member delivers remarks as U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, not shown, the senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, hosts British and Danish wounded More
Marines admire a bike on display at the Hope and Care Center aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Nov. 1, 2013. Marines assigned to Wounded Warrior Battalion West worked together to assemble the bike at an automotive More
Vice Chief of Staff of the Army Gen. John Campbell, poses with Ronald Katz, founder, University of California, Los Angeles Operation Mend, during a visit to the UCLA Medical Center, Nov. 1. Campbell visited Ope More
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Talley, commander of U.S. Army Reserve Command places a coin on the shelf of the United Service Organization’s Warrior Center in Landstuhl, Germany, during a visit Nov. 6. Dawn Rysavy, the cent More
Marines from 12th Marine Corps District show their support with a pull-up challenge at the USO San Diego 3rd Annual Golf Classic in Del Mar, Calif., Nov. 4. Money raised from the event goes toward programs for More
Marines with Wounded Warrior Battalion West tee off at the Del Mar Golf Center in Del Mar, Calif., Nov.12, 2013. The Marines are participants in Operation Game On, an organization created by Tony Perez that hel More
Staff Sgt. Sean O'Leary, Wounded Warrior Battalion West: Twentynine Palms Detachment, plays bingo with 2nd graders at Onaga Elementary Nov. 14.
“Auntie” Pat Phillips holds up one of several handmade cards she has crafted. Phillips sells the cards to support the Wounded Warrior Project and splits sales from her other sewn goods between the wounded warri More
Navy recruit Stephan C. Vanostrand browses on his laptop computer thanks to the Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) - Safe Harbor program at the Capt. James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center. The program worked with More
U.S. Army Pfc. Randall Wright, from C Battery 263 Army Air Missile Defense Command of the S.C. Army National Guard, shows off the features of the AN/TWQ-1 Avenger Air Defense System to 7-year-old Colin on Bowma More
Injured Marines with Wounded Warrior Battalion West tee off for Operation Game On at Taylormade the Kingdom, a driving range with professional fitters, in Carlsbad, Calif., Nov. 26, 2013. The Marines were profe More
University of Hawaii third year cadet Rachel Kim begins the Army, University of Hawaii game with the national anthem at Aloha Stadium, Honolulu, Hawaii, Saturday, Nov. 30. Cadets from the U.S. Military Academ More
Staff Sgt. Nelson Melenez, a Puerto Rico National Guardsman assigned to Fort Gordon's Warrior Transition Battalion, receives his gifts during Wounded Warriors leaders visit Dec. 3.
Army Sgt. Brian Jergens is welcomed to his new home by community members and volunteers from both NPS and the Defense Language Institute during a ribbon cutting ceremony in Hollister, Calif., Dec. 12. Volunteer More
Retired Command Sgt. Maj. James Champagne, left, and Cpl. Jesse Murphree, a medically retired infantryman, fly in a Black Hawk helicopter to Camp Buehring, Kuwait, Dec. 18. Murphree and four other wounded warri More
Wounded warriors with the Troops First Foundation arrive at Camp Bastion, Helmand province, Afghanistan, Dec. 20, 2012. The wounded veterans visited Camp Leatherneck to speak to U.S. service members with Region More
Wounded warriors pose with Maj. Gen. Paul J. LaCamera, Regional Command (South) and 4th Infantry Division commanding general, left, and Command Sgt. Maj. David M. Clark, RC(S) and 4th Infantry Division command More
Members of the 2014 U.S. Army All-American Bowl East and West Teams participate in community outreach at the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in San Antonio Jan. 1, 2014. Players spent the afternoon visitin More
Medically retired Marine John Stanz swims through water during a heat for the 50-meter freestyle at Joint Base Pearl Harbor's Scott Pool during a practice session for the Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational, J More
Naval Aircrewman (Mechanical) Airman Brett Parks prepares to throw a shot put during a training exercise for the Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational. The event is a joint-service adaptive athletics competition More
Chief Gunner's Mate Jeanette Tarquena, left, and Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class John Kremer block a ball during a sitting volleyball practice session at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Fitn More
Retired Construction Mechanic 1st Class David Vernaza, left, and Chief Gunner's Mate Hector Varela, block a spiked ball during a sitting volleyball practice session at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Fitness More
Retired Navy Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician 1st Class John Kremer shoots a basket during a Navy and Coast Guard wheelchair basketball practice at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam’s Fitness Center during a More
Chief Yeoman Javier Rodriguez performs a sitting discus throw during the Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational (WWPI) track and field meet at the Iolani School Kozuki Stadium. WWPI is a competition among serious More
Retired Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Joseph Derbak participates in the cycling event at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam during the Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational (WWPI) in Honolulu, Jan. 8-10. WWPI is a com More
Chief Navy Counselor Ching Dressel participates in the 2014 Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. More than 100 wounded warrior athletes from the Navy, Air Force, Army, Coast G More
Naval Aircrewman (Mechanical) Airman Brett Parks, center, prepares for his 50m mixed lower body amputee freestyle heat during the Wounded Warrior Pacific Invitational (WWPI) swim meet at the Iolani High School' More
Gunnery Sgt. Pedro Aquino, operations chief with Headquarters Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 17, 1st Marine Logistics Group, and a Hawthorne, Calif., native, poses for a picture aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif More
Sergeant Christopher D. Farias, a field artillery cannoneer with Wounded Warrior Battalion West, Wounded Warrior Regiment, shakes hands with George Moulios, the president of the Good Guys of Morgan Run charity More
SPAWAR's Rear Adm. Patrick Brady and Capt. Scott Hoffman sit on panel at wounded warrior networking event at Camp Pendleton Jan. 23. (U.S. Navy photo by Tina Stillions)
Army Reserve Lt. Col. and Department of the Army civilian Margaret R. Fierst, the 21st Theater Sustainment Command’s transformation section chief and a native of Rochester, Minn., discusses an upcoming quilting More
190318-N-CW570-0067 CORONADO Calif. (March 18, 2019) Information Systems Technician 1st Class Ruth Freeman competes in a tennis match during the 2019 Navy tennis trials at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. More
190320-N-CW570-0381 CORONADO, Calif. (March 20, 2019) Active duty Sailors and veterans pose for a photo after the 2019 Navy powerlifting trials at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif., March 20, 2019. Navy W More
Warrant Officer Tony Benfer of the Australian Royal Air Corps drives towards the basket during a wheelchair basketball clinic at the Marine Corps Trials. The Marine Corps Wounded Warrior Regiment enables wounde More
U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) wounded warriors warm up before the exhibition game of seated volleyball with Adm. William McRaven, USSOCOM commander, and his staff at MacDill AFB, Fla., March 4. The More
Marine Veteran Cpl Richard Stalder II, from Muenster, Texas, laughs at a joke during archery practice at the 2014 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 4, 2014. The Marine Corps More
A competitor swims the breast stroke during the 2014 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 5, 2014. The Marine Corps Trials enables wounded, ill, or injured Marines to focus on More
Marine veterans practice sitting volleyball during the 2014 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 6, 2014. The Marine Corps Trials enables wounded, ill, or injured Marines to fo More
Athletes from Wounded Warrior Battalion East and Wounded Warrior Battalion West compete in the Sitting Volleyball competition. The Marine Corps Trials are a Paralympic style competition in which wounded, ill, a More
Cpl. Paul Vice, 30, from the United Kingdom, and Sgt. Van Truong, 24, from San Jose, Calif., with Wounded Warrior Battalion West, celebrate their victory during the 2014 Marine Corps Trials archery competition More
Tony Benfer, a member of the International Team, from Australia, swims laps during the Marine Corps Trials. The Marine Corps Trials is an 8-sport invitational involving four competing teams comprised of active More
Athletes participate in the Recurve Bow competition in Archery. The Marine Corps Trials are a Paralympic style competition in which wounded, ill, and injured Marines, Marine Veterans, and international allies c More
Marine veteran Josue Barron, 24, from Cudahy, Calif., plays a game of wheelchair basketball March 8, during the 2014 Marine Corps Trials aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Marine Corps Trials is an 8-sport invit More
Marine veteran Ronnie Jimenez stretches out prior to the start of the recumbent cycling competition during the 2014 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 9, 2014. The Marine Cor More
Athletes compete in the upright cycling race March 9, during the 2014 Marine Corps Trials aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Marine Corps Trials is an 8-sport invitational involving four competing teams comprise More
Marine veteran Cpl. Josue Barron competes in the hand cycle competition during the 2014 Marine Corps Trials on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 9, 2014. The Marine Corps Trials enable wounded, il More
Athletes participate in the Cycling competition. The Marine Corps Trials are a Paralympic style competition in which wounded, ill, and injured Marines, Marine Veterans, and international allies compete in arche More
Athletes participate in Day 3 of the Wheelchair Basketball competition. The Marine Corps Trials are a Paralympic style competition in which wounded, ill, and injured Marines, Marine Veterans, and international More
Gunnery Sgt. Donald Hopkins, 39, from Kershaw, S.C., and Staff Sgt. Timothy Shaw, 40, from Bellefontaine, Ohio, both with Wounded Warrior Battalion East, compete in the upright 30K race, during the 2014 Marine More
Athletes on the firing line wait for the command to commence fire during the air rifle shooting competition at the Marine Corps Trials aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 10, 2014. The Marine Corps Wounded War More
Athletes participate in the Shooting competition. The Marine Corps Trials are a Paralympic style competition in which wounded, ill, and injured Marines, Marine Veterans, and international allies compete in arch More
Veteran Mark Seifert, 30, from Forest Lake, Minn., throws the shot put in the men's shot put seated category of the field competition at the Marine Corps Trials aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 11, 2014. Th More
Wounded Warrior Battalion West and Wounded Warrior Battalion East reach for an inbound ball during a wheelchair basketball game March 11 at the 2014 Marine Corps Trials aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Marine More
Teammates with Wounded Warrior Battalion West send the volleyball back to Team Veterans during the 2014 Marine Corps Trials sitting volleyball tournament aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., March 11. The Marine Corp More
Lance Cpl. Justin R. Beer, a rifleman assigned to Wounded Warrior Battalion West, recently competed in the 2014 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif, March 6 to 12. Beer, a native of B More
Cpl. Devin Kimball, 23, from St. Petersburg, Fla. with Wounded Warrior Battalion East, sets the ball for his teammate, during the 2014 Marine Corps Trials sitting volleyball tournament, aboard Camp Pendleton, C More
The Marine Corps Trials are a Paralympic style competition in which wounded, ill, and injured Marines, Marine Veterans, and international allies compete in archery, cycling, field, shooting, sitting volleyball, More
Five wounded warriors view X-rays of their combat injuries during a tour of Staff Sgt. Heath N. Craig Joint Theater Hospital at Bagram Air Field March 12. The wounded warriors recently toured Afghanistan as par More
Five current and former service members who were wounded while deployed in either Iraq or Afghanistan receive a hero’s welcome at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, March 13, 2014. The wounded warriors visited sou More
Army Capt. Matt Anderson, a soldier formerly with with the 1st Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, shakes hands with Marines and soldiers who gathered to give Anderson and his fellow soldiers a "Hero's Welcome" at More
Maj. Gen. Duane Gamble, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, deputy commander; Rear Adm. Althea H. Coetzee, director of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, operational Contracts; Brig. Gen. Wayne Eyre, NATO Training Mission – More
180505-N-YL908-794 BETHESDA, Md. (May 5, 2018) Aviation Machinist Mate 1st Class Austin Parker, a service member enrolled in the Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) - Safe Harbor program, practices swimming during a Roa More
Staff Sgt. Mark Johnson and service dog Bailey wait for the start of the cycling competition during the 2014 Wounded Warrior Air Force Trials at Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, April 9, 2014. Active duty and More
Participants in Marine Air Control Squadron 2s first HITT for Heroes event perform alternating rope waves at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C., April 11, 2014.
USA Warriors coach Mike Vaccaro (center) explains drills to the Wounded Warriors at practice April 25, 2014, in Rockville, Md.
Maj. Gen. Jim Butterworth, Georgia’s adjutant general, speaks with Pete Wheeler, the Georgia commissioner for Veterans Affairs, prior to the Purple Heart ceremony for the 1-214th Field Artillery Battalion. Whee More
Matthew Kinsey, a U.S. Army veteran and Wound Warrior Amputee Softball team second baseman, throws the ball to first base during the 2nd annual Spartyka Wounded Warrior Softball Classic at Harbor Park in Norfol More
Mathew Aten, of Laredo, Texas, poses by his Jeep, which he brought to participate in the Wheelers for the Wounded event in Hidden Falls Adventure Park, May 3, 2014. Wheelers for the Wounded is an event put on e More
U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Joshua Zitzman begins assembling his bow before practice begins during a 2018 Marine Corps Trials archery practice at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., March 17, 2018. The Marin More