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Photo Library of Congress Photograph of a drawing by

Photo Library of Congress Photograph of a drawing by

Photo Library of Congress Photograph of a drawing by Hermann Faber; one of two drawings he made at the death bed in 1865. "During the Civil War he served as an artist on the Surgeon General's staff of the Union... More

Charles Ormston. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

Charles Ormston. Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums

This mug shot comes from a police identification book believed to be from the 1930s. It was originally found in a junk shop by a member of the public and subsequently donated to Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums. ... More

Artwork: "POW Amputee," Saipan, July 1944- Artist: Robert Benney

Artwork: "POW Amputee," Saipan, July 1944- Artist: Robert Benney

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

USNS Carl Brashear eases into San Diego Bay

USNS Carl Brashear eases into San Diego Bay

The Military Sealift Command auxiliary dry cargo carrier USNS Carl Brashear slides into the San Diego Bay during the christening and launch ceremony at General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard. Brashear honors boatswai... More

Lyn A. Boulanger, a Naval Medical Center San Diego occupational therapist, assists Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jesse A. Cottle, a bilateral amputee, while he practices swimming during endurance training.

Lyn A. Boulanger, a Naval Medical Center San Diego occupational therap...

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 01, 2009) Lyn A. Boulanger, a Naval Medical Center San Diego occupational therapist, assists Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jesse A. Cottle, a bilateral amputee, while he practices swimming during endu... More

Lynn A. Boulanger, a Naval Medical Center San Diego occupational therapist, assists Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jesse A. Cottle, a bilateral amputee, while he practices swimming during endurance training.

Lynn A. Boulanger, a Naval Medical Center San Diego occupational thera...

SAN DIEGO (Oct. 01, 2009) Lynn A. Boulanger, a Naval Medical Center San Diego occupational therapist, assists Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Jesse A. Cottle, a bilateral amputee, while he performs back strengthening e... More

Staff Sgt. John W. Walding, Special Forces sniper

Staff Sgt. John W. Walding, Special Forces sniper

Staff Sgt. John W. Walding, Special Forces sniper instructor.

Lt. j.g. T.J. Stecker, assigned to Training Squadron

Lt. j.g. T.J. Stecker, assigned to Training Squadron

Lt. j.g. T.J. Stecker, assigned to Training Squadron 4 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, conducts physical training at the Andrews Institute, Orthopedics & Sports Medicine facility in Gulf Breeze, Fla. Stecker, a... More

The 10-foot by 10-foot quilt welcoming wounded warrior

The 10-foot by 10-foot quilt welcoming wounded warrior

The 10-foot by 10-foot quilt welcoming wounded warrior athletes competing in the 2011 Warrior Games to Colorado Springs is on display in the Colorado Springs Airport. The quilt was made by eighth-grader Cali Ov... More

Sgt. Ricardo Ramirez, a combat replacement for 1st

Sgt. Ricardo Ramirez, a combat replacement for 1st

Sgt. Ricardo Ramirez, a combat replacement for 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, wades through an irrigation canal to move into a night observation post in Sangin, Afghanistan, Aug. 5. In February of 2006, Ra... More

Neil Altomare scans the countryside of Sangin Valley

Neil Altomare scans the countryside of Sangin Valley

Neil Altomare scans the countryside of Sangin Valley in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, looking for a safe route back to his patrol base during his 2011 deployment. Altomare now works as a technologist at Sandia... More

Col. Todd R. Wood, commander of the 1st Stryker Brigade

Col. Todd R. Wood, commander of the 1st Stryker Brigade

Col. Todd R. Wood, commander of the 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, administers the oath of re-enlistment to Staff Sgt. Brian Beem, a cavalry scout assigned to the 5th Squadron, 1st Cav... More

Wounded Warrior amputee welcomes unit home from Afghanistan

Wounded Warrior amputee welcomes unit home from Afghanistan

Cpl. Murphy Houston, a Marine amputee with Wounded Warrior Battalion East - Detachment Bethesda, stands on crutches welcoming home Marines of 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, upon their return from a seven-... More

Sayed Gul stands with his father Alai Noor after talking

Sayed Gul stands with his father Alai Noor after talking

Sayed Gul stands with his father Alai Noor after talking to U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during their visit to the Baluch Jan village here, Dec. 2. Gul, the 15-year-old... More

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Benoit Cisneros demonstrates how to properly bandage an amputee during a medical training team environment.

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Benoit Cisneros demonstrates how to proper...

GULF OF THAILAND (Dec. 20, 2011) Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Benoit Cisneros demonstrates how to properly bandage an amputee during a medical training team environment aboard the amphibious transport dock ship ... More

Army 1st Sgt. Aaron Thompson, senior-enlisted soldier,

Army 1st Sgt. Aaron Thompson, senior-enlisted soldier,

Army 1st Sgt. Aaron Thompson, senior-enlisted soldier, 264th Clearance Company, 27th Engineer Battalion (Combat) (Airborne), 20th Engineer Brigade, gives commands during mock-door training, March 20, 2012, on F... More

Todd Reed, a member of the Wounded Warrior Amputee

Todd Reed, a member of the Wounded Warrior Amputee

Todd Reed, a member of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team, looks up at the ball he just smashed into the air while using his specially-fitted prosthetic leg at the Wounded Warrior Amputee Celebrity Softb... More

Navy Hospital Corpsman Max Rohn encourages teammates

Navy Hospital Corpsman Max Rohn encourages teammates

Navy Hospital Corpsman Max Rohn encourages teammates during a game of sitting volleyball while training for the 2012 Warrior Games. Rohn is one of 35 warrior athletes participating as Team Navy/Coast Guard, sp... More

Retired Navy Electrician's Mate Henry Sawyer practices

Retired Navy Electrician's Mate Henry Sawyer practices

Retired Navy Electrician's Mate Henry Sawyer practices throwing discus in preparation for the 2012 Warrior Games. Sawyer is one of 35 warrior athletes participating as Team Navy/Coast Guard, sponsored by Navy S... More

Members of Team Navy/Team Coast Guard participate in

Members of Team Navy/Team Coast Guard participate in

Members of Team Navy/Team Coast Guard participate in the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Warrior Games. The games, which run April 30-May 5, provide wounded, ill, and injured service members opportunities for gr... More

Retired Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer CJ Shunk and

Retired Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer CJ Shunk and

Retired Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer CJ Shunk and retired Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jim Casteneda compete in the recumbent cycling event of the 2012 Warrior Games. The games, which run April 30-May 5, pro... More

Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's

Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's

Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's Mate 1st Class Mike Dayton, and retired Navy Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Joshua Rosenberg win bronze in the team recurve archery competition of the 2012 ... More

Navy Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's

Navy Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's

Navy Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's Mate 1st Class Mike Dayton, and retired Navy Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Joshua Rosenberg win bronze in the team recurve archery competition of the ... More

Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Max Rohn competes

Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Max Rohn competes

Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Max Rohn competes for Team Navy/Coast Guard in track events at the 2012 Warrior Games. The 35 warrior athletes are participating as Team Navy/Coast Guard, sponsored by Navy Safe... More

2012 Warrior Games (Competition Day 5)

2012 Warrior Games (Competition Day 5)

Lance Cpl. Nathan Edwards gets ready to spike the ball in the gold medal sitting volleyball game of the 2012 Warrior Games at the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., May 4. The All-Marin... More

Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Red Ramos competes

Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Red Ramos competes

Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Red Ramos competes in swimming events at the 2012 Warrior Games as part of Team Navy/Coast Guard. The 35 warrior athletes are participating as Team Navy/Coast Guard, sponsored b... More

Montville, N.J., native Lance Cpl. Adrian Simone, (fourth

Montville, N.J., native Lance Cpl. Adrian Simone, (fourth

Montville, N.J., native Lance Cpl. Adrian Simone, (fourth from left) an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, stands with Marines from his unit after working out. Simone mentioned the bond betwee... More

Billy Robbins, a world-renowned motivational speaker

Billy Robbins, a world-renowned motivational speaker

Billy Robbins, a world-renowned motivational speaker and Marine Vietnam veteran, speaks to Cherry Point Marines at the air station theater, Sept. 7. Robbins lost both hands in a workplace accident in December 1... More

Marine Cpl. Nicholas Kimmel threw out the first pitch

Marine Cpl. Nicholas Kimmel threw out the first pitch

Marine Cpl. Nicholas Kimmel threw out the first pitch in Game 2 of the 2012 World Series in San Francisco, Calif., Oct. 25, 2012, where the Giants competed against the Detroit Tigers. Kimmel is a triple ampute... More

Sherry Coglin, U.S. Paralympics swim coach, praises

Sherry Coglin, U.S. Paralympics swim coach, praises

Sherry Coglin, U.S. Paralympics swim coach, praises U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Angelo Anderson for proper swimming technique during U.S. Navy and U.S Coast Guard Wounded Warriors swim practice at Sc... More

Lance Cpl. Richie Chavis hugs a Marine from 1st Battalion,

Lance Cpl. Richie Chavis hugs a Marine from 1st Battalion,

Lance Cpl. Richie Chavis hugs a Marine from 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, his former unit, after the Operation Coming Home presentation ceremony. Chavis, a bilateral amputee who was injured during a depl... More

Surgeons perform a double-arm transplant on U.S. Army

Surgeons perform a double-arm transplant on U.S. Army

Surgeons perform a double-arm transplant on U.S. Army Sgt. Brendan Marrocco at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Dec. 18, 2012. Marrocco, 26, lost all four limbs to an explosively formed projectile in Iraq i... More

Retired Marine Lance Cpl. Bobby McCardle, a below-knee

Retired Marine Lance Cpl. Bobby McCardle, a below-knee

Retired Marine Lance Cpl. Bobby McCardle, a below-knee amputee and member of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team, conducts batting practice before a game against Honolulu Veterans Affairs at the Central O... More

A sign for Spc. Chris Anderson's welcome home ceremony

A sign for Spc. Chris Anderson's welcome home ceremony

A sign for Spc. Chris Anderson's welcome home ceremony is posted outside of an auditorium at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Jan. 11. Anderson, who planned to return to Joint Base Lewis-McChord to sur... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Vilt, an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Vilt, an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Brandon Vilt, an OH-58 Kiowa helicopter crew chief with Delta Troop, 3rd Squadron, 17th Cavalry Regiment, Task Force Lighthorse, shows his prosthetic leg during an interview at Kandahar Air... More

U.S. Army soldiers transfer a simulated patient from

U.S. Army soldiers transfer a simulated patient from

U.S. Army soldiers transfer a simulated patient from a medical ambulance onto a rickshaw at Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, La., Feb. 21, 2013. Service members at JRTC 13-04 are educated in combat p... More

Joint Readiness Training Center 13-04

Joint Readiness Training Center 13-04

U.S. Army soldiers upload Tech. Sgt. David Barrett, 439th Communications Squadron, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., a simulated wounded patient for transport to the combat support hospital at Joint Readiness T... More

U.S. Army soldiers transport Ted, a Labrador retriever

U.S. Army soldiers transport Ted, a Labrador retriever

U.S. Army soldiers transport Ted, a Labrador retriever and bomb specialist, 550th Military Working Dog Detachment, Fort Bragg, N.C., by litter to the Combat Support Hospital for further medical treatment at Joi... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Kaitlyn Salle, 86th Aeromedical

U.S. Air Force Capt. Kaitlyn Salle, 86th Aeromedical

U.S. Air Force Capt. Kaitlyn Salle, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Capt. Brooke Kieffer, 628th Medical Group, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., provide Self Aid Buddy Care to a ... More

Mircille Michaud, a wounded warrior with the Canadian

Mircille Michaud, a wounded warrior with the Canadian

Mircille Michaud, a wounded warrior with the Canadian Army, Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, practices her stroke technique while preparing for the 2013 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, ... More

Joe Townsend, a British Royal Marine veteran from

Joe Townsend, a British Royal Marine veteran from

Joe Townsend, a British Royal Marine veteran from Eastbourne, England, swims a timed 50-meter freestyle during the first day of practice at the Marine Corps Trials here, Feb. 26, 2013. Townsend is competing in ... More

Marine veteran Cpl. Sebastion Gallegos, a San Antonio

Marine veteran Cpl. Sebastion Gallegos, a San Antonio

Marine veteran Cpl. Sebastion Gallegos, a San Antonio native, warms up for the shot put with a medicine ball during practice at the 2013 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 26,... More

Marine Sgt. Christopher Hancock, native of Crossville,

Marine Sgt. Christopher Hancock, native of Crossville,

Marine Sgt. Christopher Hancock, native of Crossville, Tenn., swims a 50-meter freestyle lap in preparation for the 2013 Marine Corps Trials here Feb. 27, 2013. Hancock recently placed fourth in the shooting co... More

Martin Ortiz, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, aims

Martin Ortiz, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, aims

Martin Ortiz, a native of Corpus Christi, Texas, aims in with his competition rifle during a practice relay at the 2013 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 27, 2013. Ortiz said... More

Competitors with the 2013 Marine Corps Trials prepare

Competitors with the 2013 Marine Corps Trials prepare

Competitors with the 2013 Marine Corps Trials prepare for a 100 meter sprint practice round aboard Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 28, 2013. The trials are held annually and allow U.S. veterans and allied forces t... More

Saul Mendoza races around the track during a workout

Saul Mendoza races around the track during a workout

Saul Mendoza races around the track during a workout at the 2013 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Feb. 27, 2013. Mendoza is the coach for the wheelchair track team here. After wi... More

A wounded veteran's prosthetic leg rests in the dugout

A wounded veteran's prosthetic leg rests in the dugout

A wounded veteran's prosthetic leg rests in the dugout at a softball field at Naval Station Mayport, Fla., Friday, April 12, 2013. A group of wounded veterans representing VET Sports non-profit rehabilitation o... More

Sgt. 1st Class Greg Robinson, a native of Elizabethtown,

Sgt. 1st Class Greg Robinson, a native of Elizabethtown,

Sgt. 1st Class Greg Robinson, a native of Elizabethtown, Illinois and a combat engineer with Company A, 2nd Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), rapp... More

Capt. Sarah Evans, an Air Force team and a Shalimar,

Capt. Sarah Evans, an Air Force team and a Shalimar,

Capt. Sarah Evans, an Air Force team and a Shalimar, Fla., native, registers for the 2013 Warrior Games, May 10. The Air Force finance officer was serving in Kabul, Afghanistan when she started having pain in ... More

Gunnery Sgt. Gabriel Guest, a native of Spokane, Wash.,

Gunnery Sgt. Gabriel Guest, a native of Spokane, Wash.,

Gunnery Sgt. Gabriel Guest, a native of Spokane, Wash., continues to mentor and lead Marines as the chief instructor at the Advanced Machine Gunners course at Advanced Infantry Training Battalion, School of Inf... More

Cpl. Toran Gaal, a double amputee, rides a wave during

Cpl. Toran Gaal, a double amputee, rides a wave during

Cpl. Toran Gaal, a double amputee, rides a wave during the Operation Amped surf clinic at San Onofre beach here, Aug. 24. Many veterans use surfing as an escape while others surf as a part of their new lifestyle.

Amputee overcomes physical obstacles to earn coveted Expert Infantry Badge

Amputee overcomes physical obstacles to earn coveted Expert Infantry B...

First Lt. Joshua Pitcher, from Rineyville, Ky., a paratrooper assigned to the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, is awarded the coveted Expert Infantry Badge by brigade commander Col. Tim Watson d... More

Sergeant Ricardo Ramirez, squad leader, 3rd Battalion,

Sergeant Ricardo Ramirez, squad leader, 3rd Battalion,

Sergeant Ricardo Ramirez, squad leader, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, tapes his cleats in preparation for a football game here, Oct. 21, 2013. Ramirez lost his hand during combat operations while serving ... More

Maj. Gen. Duane Gamble, 1st Theater Sustainment Command,

Maj. Gen. Duane Gamble, 1st Theater Sustainment Command,

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

Retired Sgt. Brendan Marrocco and his older brother

Retired Sgt. Brendan Marrocco and his older brother

Retired Sgt. Brendan Marrocco and his older brother Mike arrive at Bagram Air Field May 28, as participants of Operation Proper Exit, a Troop’s First Foundation initiative that allows wounded service members to... More

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Joshua Pitcher, a paratrooper in

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Joshua Pitcher, a paratrooper in

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Joshua Pitcher, a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, visits Craig Joint Theater Hospital here as his second deployment winds down. In 2012, during his first deployment, Pitcher was wou... More

On Nov. 25, Staff Sgt. Adam Jacks became the first

On Nov. 25, Staff Sgt. Adam Jacks became the first

On Nov. 25, Staff Sgt. Adam Jacks became the first amputee to graduate from the Marine Combat Instructor of Water Survival course. Over the three-week course the students swim 59 miles, complete timed drills an... More

First Lt. Christopher Parks, a physician’s assistant,

First Lt. Christopher Parks, a physician’s assistant,

First Lt. Christopher Parks, a physician’s assistant, currently assigned to the Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Hood, Texas, and a native of Lakeside, Calif., stretches before competing in the discus event... More

Timothy Babb, an Air Force Wounded Warrior athlete,

Timothy Babb, an Air Force Wounded Warrior athlete,

Timothy Babb, an Air Force Wounded Warrior athlete, swims laps during the first day of the DOD Warrior Games training camp at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., April 18. The five-day training camp for the Air Force’s... More

Survivor shares his story of resilience

Survivor shares his story of resilience

Capt. David Berling, retired, spoke to members of the 944th Medical Squadron about his personal experiences, perseverance, and resilience with hopes of also motivating the audience, Aug. 8, 2015. Berling was in... More

Staff Sgt. Brandon Dotson kisses his wife before beginning

Staff Sgt. Brandon Dotson kisses his wife before beginning

Staff Sgt. Brandon Dotson kisses his wife before beginning the Marine Corps Marathon Oct. 25 in Arlington, Va. The couple recently celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary.

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly acts as the victim of a

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly acts as the victim of a

Lance Cpl. Kelcey E. Kelly acts as the victim of a simulated improvised explosive device during Blue Chromite 2016, at Central Training Area, Okinawa, Japan, Oct. 29, 2015. The Shock Trauma Platoon, part of 3rd... More

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. – Lucca, a

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. – Lucca, a

Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif. – Lucca, a 12-year-old retired Marine Corps military working dog, visits Camp Pendleton Feb. 29, 2016. Before her retirement in 2012, Lucca completed two deployments to ... More

Heather Carter, an above-knee amputee, runs laps around

Heather Carter, an above-knee amputee, runs laps around

Heather Carter, an above-knee amputee, runs laps around a track inside the Military Advanced Training Center at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., April 13, 2016. Carter, a medically... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Christy Wise, 71st Rescue Squadron

U.S. Air Force Capt. Christy Wise, 71st Rescue Squadron

U.S. Air Force Capt. Christy Wise, 71st Rescue Squadron pilot, steps through the rear door of the 71st RQS building to begin her walk to the flightline for her first flight since becoming an above-the-knee ampu... More

Staff Sgt. Charles, 32nd Intelligence Squadron, 70th

Staff Sgt. Charles, 32nd Intelligence Squadron, 70th

Staff Sgt. Charles, 32nd Intelligence Squadron, 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, performs a plank exercise January 30, 2017 at the Gaffney Fitness Center on Fort George G. Meade. Charles... More

U.S. Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer Phillip Brashear,

U.S. Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer Phillip Brashear,

U.S. Army Reserve Chief Warrant Officer Phillip Brashear, 11th Aviation Command CH-47 Chinook helicopter pilot, shares stories and photos of his father, Carl Brashear, during the Fort Eustis Diamond Council’s l... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Wise's athleticism and support

U.S. Air Force Capt. Wise's athleticism and support

U.S. Air Force Capt. Wise's athleticism and support from her squadron, friends and family, allowed her to recover from a boating accident that amputated her leg above the knee quickly and return back to back to... More

McGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. -Retired

McGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. -Retired

McGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. -Retired Army Sgt. Noah Galloway, a motivational speaker, spoke to Airmen from the 134th Air Refueling Wing about how he has overcome injury and depression after bein... More

Citizen Airman Senior Airman Kevin Greene (Palm Bay,

Citizen Airman Senior Airman Kevin Greene (Palm Bay,

Citizen Airman Senior Airman Kevin Greene (Palm Bay, Florida resident; Brooklyn, New York native), a healthcare management technician with the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, enjoys his first week back to w... More

Retired U.S. Army Col. Gregory D. Gadson, former garrison

Retired U.S. Army Col. Gregory D. Gadson, former garrison

Retired U.S. Army Col. Gregory D. Gadson, former garrison commander of U.S. Army Fort Belvoir, delivers a motivational speech to Soldiers of the 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) in Conmy Hall, Joint Ba... More

Cpl. Rory Hamill, a combat-wounded Marine, sits on

Cpl. Rory Hamill, a combat-wounded Marine, sits on

Cpl. Rory Hamill, a combat-wounded Marine, sits on his bed in his home in Lakehurst, N.J. as he prepares to go to the gym, Dec. 4, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Matt Hecht)

Retired U.S. Army SGT Derek Weida loosens his shoelaces

Retired U.S. Army SGT Derek Weida loosens his shoelaces

Retired U.S. Army SGT Derek Weida loosens his shoelaces before working out at a gym in Las Vegas April 18, 2018. The Army medically retired Weida in June 2009 after being wounded in a nighttime raid in Baghdad,... More

The Gary Sinise Foundation Restoring Independence Supporting

The Gary Sinise Foundation Restoring Independence Supporting

The Gary Sinise Foundation Restoring Independence Supporting Empowerment program representatives, donor foundation representatives and community members, attend a smart home dedication ceremony in Vista, Calif.... More

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Smith, U.S. Army recruiter and

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Smith, U.S. Army recruiter and

Sgt. 1st Class Michael Smith, U.S. Army recruiter and athlete, trained to compete as a triathlete at the Paralympic level. He recently moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, from Fort Knox, Kentucky to serve as p... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Brown inspects his scuba

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Brown inspects his scuba

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael Brown inspects his scuba gear following his underwater reenlistment at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville, Alabama, Aug. 31. Brown, a U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Com... More

Master Sgt. Brian Williams is getting ready for the

Master Sgt. Brian Williams is getting ready for the

Master Sgt. Brian Williams is getting ready for the first day of training in wheelchair basketball for the 2018 Invictus Games in Sydney, Australia. He is training at Port Hueneme Navy Base, California, the hom... More

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Scott Rigsby, guest speaker,

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Scott Rigsby, guest speaker,

FORT CARSON, Colo. — Scott Rigsby, guest speaker, bestselling author, a double amputee and Ironman record holder, speaks during the National Prayer Breakfast at the William “Bill” Reed Special Events Center Feb... More

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brandi Grossman, of the

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brandi Grossman, of the

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Brandi Grossman, of the 119th Security Forces Squadron, stretches to catch a softball at first base as retired Chief Master Sgt. Randall Raper is called out during a charity softball ... More

SAN DIEGO - U.S. Marine LCpl. Annika Hutsler works

SAN DIEGO - U.S. Marine LCpl. Annika Hutsler works

SAN DIEGO - U.S. Marine LCpl. Annika Hutsler works with James Malinak, a prosthetician at Naval Medical Center San Diego’s (NMCSD) comprehensive combat and complex casualty care (C5) clinic, to make adjustments... More

Sgt. Aechere Crump and Pfc. Victor Alamo visit with

Sgt. Aechere Crump and Pfc. Victor Alamo visit with

Sgt. Aechere Crump and Pfc. Victor Alamo visit with Spc. Ezra Maes during their recovery at Brooke Army Medical Center. Crump and Alamo survived the tank accident with Maes in early 2018. (Courtesy Photo)

Sgt. Alex Woodsmall, a recruiter for the Indiana National

Sgt. Alex Woodsmall, a recruiter for the Indiana National

Sgt. Alex Woodsmall, a recruiter for the Indiana National Guard, demonstrates the Army Combat Fitness Test’s deadlift event at the Shelbyville National Guard Armory, Oct. 6, 2020. Woodsmall has been training to... More

Staff Sgt. John W. Walding, Special Forces sniper

Staff Sgt. John W. Walding, Special Forces sniper

Staff Sgt. John W. Walding, Special Forces sniper instructor. Public domain photograph related to army, military forces, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Marine Sgt. Julian P. Torres, a patient at Naval Medical

Marine Sgt. Julian P. Torres, a patient at Naval Medical

Marine Sgt. Julian P. Torres, a patient at Naval Medical Center San Diego, performs core-strengthening exercises with a medicine ball during a physical therapy session at the Comprehensive Combat and Complex Ca... More

Retired Master Chief James “Will” Wilson and Cali Overcast,

Retired Master Chief James “Will” Wilson and Cali Overcast,

Retired Master Chief James “Will” Wilson and Cali Overcast, an eighth-grade student at Fountain Middle School, show off their prosthetic legs during a Team Navy-Coast Guard surprise visit to thank Overcast for ... More

CAMP HANSON, Helmand province, Afghanistan -- Macon,

CAMP HANSON, Helmand province, Afghanistan -- Macon,

CAMP HANSON, Helmand province, Afghanistan -- Macon, Ga., native Sgt. Stephen M. Smith, the armory maintenance chief for 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, is a left leg, below-the-knee amputee. He survived a... More

Sgt. Ricardo Ramirez, a combat replacement for 1st

Sgt. Ricardo Ramirez, a combat replacement for 1st

Sgt. Ricardo Ramirez, a combat replacement for 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, wades through a branch of the Helmand River while conducting combat operations in Sangin, Afghanistan, Aug. 6. In February of 2... More

Sayed Gul, a 15-year old Afghan amputee, holds himself

Sayed Gul, a 15-year old Afghan amputee, holds himself

Sayed Gul, a 15-year old Afghan amputee, holds himself up with a pair of thin steel crutches during a visit from U.S. Marines with Weapons Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, in the Baluch Jan village ... More

Cpl. Josue Barron, member of the east team, dribbles

Cpl. Josue Barron, member of the east team, dribbles

Cpl. Josue Barron, member of the east team, dribbles the ball under defensive pressure from the allies team in the east versus allies game of the 2012 Marine Corps Trials at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Ca... More

Army Cpl. Adam Keys looks on as fellow Nasty Company

Army Cpl. Adam Keys looks on as fellow Nasty Company

Army Cpl. Adam Keys looks on as fellow Nasty Company paratroopers jump onto Normandy Drop Zone March 21, 2012, on Fort Bragg, N.C. in his honor.

Todd Reed, a member of the Wounded Warrior Amputee

Todd Reed, a member of the Wounded Warrior Amputee

Todd Reed, a member of the Wounded Warrior Amputee Softball Team, follows through with his power swing while using his specially-fitted prosthetic leg at the Wounded Warrior Amputee Celebrity Softball Classic, ... More

Navy Machinist's Mate Michael Dayton practices throwing

Navy Machinist's Mate Michael Dayton practices throwing

Navy Machinist's Mate Michael Dayton practices throwing shot in preparation for the 2012 Warrior Games. Dayton is one of 35 warrior athletes participating as Team Navy/Coast Guard, sponsored by Navy Safe Harbor... More

Navy Hospital Corpsman Tyler Burdick prepares to serve

Navy Hospital Corpsman Tyler Burdick prepares to serve

Navy Hospital Corpsman Tyler Burdick prepares to serve in a game of sitting volleyball. Burdick is one of 35 warrior athletes are participating in the 2012 Warrior Games as Team Navy/Coast Guard, sponsored by N... More

First lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at the opening

First lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at the opening

First lady Michelle Obama delivers remarks at the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Warrior Games. The games, which run, April 30-May 5, provide wounded, ill, and injured service members opportunities for growth ... More

Retired Coast Guard Lt. Sancho Johnson is cheered on

Retired Coast Guard Lt. Sancho Johnson is cheered on

Retired Coast Guard Lt. Sancho Johnson is cheered on by fellow members of Team Navy/Coast Guard as he competes in the recumbent cycling event of the 2012 Warrior Games. The games, which run April 30-May 5, prov... More

Navy Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's

Navy Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's

Navy Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's Mate 1st Class Mike Dayton, and retired Navy Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Joshua Rosenberg win bronze in the team recurve archery competition of the ... More

Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's

Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's

Culinary Specialist Seamen Judy Boyce, Navy Machinist's Mate 1st Class Mike Dayton, and retired Navy Electrician's Mate 2nd Class Joshua Rosenberg win bronze in the team recurve archery competition of the 2012 ... More

Team Navy and Coast Guard warrior athletes participate

Team Navy and Coast Guard warrior athletes participate

Team Navy and Coast Guard warrior athletes participate in the 4x100m relay at the 2012 Warrior Games. The 35 warrior athletes are participating as Team Navy/Coast Guard, sponsored by Navy Safe Harbor, the Navy ... More

Team Navy and Coast Guard compete in swimming events

Team Navy and Coast Guard compete in swimming events

Team Navy and Coast Guard compete in swimming events at the 2012 Warrior Games. The 35 warrior athletes are participating as Team Navy/Coast Guard, sponsored by Navy Safe Harbor, the Navy and Coast Guard’s woun... More

Montville, N.J., native Lance Cpl. Adrian Simone, an

Montville, N.J., native Lance Cpl. Adrian Simone, an

Montville, N.J., native Lance Cpl. Adrian Simone, an infantryman with 1st Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, prepares for the day in his barracks room. Simone wakes up each morning with a positive attitude, takes ... More

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