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2024-2025 Adaptive Sports

All enrolled Sailors and Coast Guardsmen are encouraged to participate because athletics play a special role in the recovery process. Participants meet and build connections with other service members who are also going through transitional, healing and recovery journeys. The athletics program helps build self-esteem, improve strength and endurance and allow service members to rejoin a team environment.

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Team Navy 2024

Meet the 36 Sailors and 4 Coast Guardsmen who will represent Team Navy during the 2024 DoD Warrior Games in Orlando, Fla.

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National Spouses Day - Caregiver Spotlight

For National Spouses Day, we spotlight Jenise St. Pierre. After her husband's diagnosis, she became solely responsible for her husband's retirement and planning their future together. Navy Wounded Warrior has been helping her navigate these choppy waters.

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Navy Wounded Warrior Esports Online Rocket League Tournament

Navy Wounded Warrior Esports is a recreation initiative that provides in-person and online recreation and social opportunities through competitive esports. It is an opportunity to reconnect in a team environment with other Wounded Warriors who are also on healing, recovery, and rehabilitation journeys.

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2023 - 2024 Navy Adaptive Sports

All enrollees in Navy Wounded Warrior are encouraged to include adaptive athletics in their recovery plan. Learn more about the upcoming opportunities to participate.

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Introducing 2023 Team Navy

Announcing the Team Navy athletes who will complete in the 2023 Department of Defense Warrior Games Challenge in NAS North Island.

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Athlete Spotlight – Suzanne Brown: Heart of the Team

CAPT Suzanne Brown (Ret.) was named Heart of the Team during the 2022 Department of Defense Warrior Games. She will soon represent Team USA during the Invictus Games in Germany. She's an avid swimmer and participates in adaptive sports programs with her service dog, Holli Ann.

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Briefing MARMC Command on Navy Wounded Warrior's benefits

Navy Wounded Warrior staff from Navy Region Mid-Atlantic briefed the Mid-Atlantic Maritime Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) commanding officer and command master chief. As a result, 12 Sailors assigned to MARMC and currently going through the Disability Evaluation System started the NWW enrollment process.

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March 2023 Adaptive Sports Team Trials

Navy Wounded Warrior continues its 2023 Road to the Warrior Games Challenge with Adaptive Sports Team Trials to select the Sailors and Coast Guardsmen who will represent Team Navy at the 2023 Warrior Games Challenge.

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Invictus Games 2023 Team US

Eleven Sailors and Coast Guardsmen have been named to Team U.S., representing the Department of Defense in the 2023 Invictus Games in Dusseldorf, Germany.

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February 2023 Adaptive Sports Camp

Navy Wounded Warrior continues its 2023 Road to the Warrior Games Challenge with an introductory adaptive sports camp 5 - 11 February at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in Honolulu, Hawaii.

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January 2023 Adaptive Sports Camp

Navy Wounded Warrior kicks off its 2023 Road to the Warrior Games Challenge with an in-person adaptive sports camp 8 - 14 January at Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) Port Hueneme, Calif.

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November 2022 Adaptive Sports Camp

As part of Warrior Care Month in November, Navy Wounded Warrior is hosting an in-person adaptive sports camp in Springfield, Virginia, near the Nation's Capital.

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Athlete Spotlight – Zachary Brown: Burning Rubber

SCPO (Ret.) Zachary “Zach” Brown joined the U.S. Navy in November 2003 and proudly served for over 17 years. Brown’s official retirement date occurred during the 2021 Team Navy Training Camp, held July 26 through August 3 at Port Hueneme, California. “It’s good to be among people that get it,” he expressed.

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Athlete Spotlight – Elizabeth Smith: Making a Splash

Veteran Team Navy athlete, AZ3 (Ret.) Elizabeth “Ellie” Smith expressed that since her diagnosis, she feels at home in the pool because it’s where she “feels the most normal.” She shared, “I am grateful that I can continue swimming at a competitive level through the adaptive sports program.”

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Athlete Spotlight – Carlos Valerio: Paying It Forward

As a seasoned Team Navy athlete, HM1 (Ret.) Carlos Valerio understands the value of camaraderie necessary for wounded warriors. Valerio said that his goal is to help build a sense of brotherhood and sisterhood. He said, “When I am talking to new athletes, I tell them ‘You are part of a family now.’”

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Athlete Spotlight – Jacob Cox: Living Life to the Fullest

ME2 (Ret.) Jacob Cox’s determined mindset is showcased with his favorite quote by Eric Thomas, “When you want to breathe as much as you want to success, then you will be successful." Cox is committed and focused on his goals and strives to live actively instead of living passively.

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Athlete Spotlight – Abbie Johnson: Redefining Resiliency

MU3 (Ret.) Abbie Johnson isn’t just a DoD Warrior Games medalist or avid marathon runner, she also holds the 2021 Miss World America title. Johnson encourages active duty military and veterans to explore using adaptive sports in their recovery journey.

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Celebrating Women’s Equality Day

She’s got grit! This Women’s Equality Day, join us in a round of applause for all of the woman, past and present, who are paving the way for future generations.

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Athlete Spotlight – Josh Connell: Cycle of Success

They are not hills; they are mounds of opportunity. LT (Ret.) Joshua “Josh” Connell isn’t stop after his bronze medal during the 2017 Department of Defense Warrior Games. He continues to use adaptive sports on his recovery journey.

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A Success Story: JC Scott

JC Scott's story of resiliency after facing a life altering injury while in the line of duty.---- Story shared from Navy Safe Harbor Foundation

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Better Than Before

Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Shanice Dansby shares her journey with Navy Wounded Warrior. ---- Story shared from DVIDS.

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Warrior Care Month 2020

Join us in recognizing the Navy Wounded Warrior Community during this year's Warrior Care Month. This year's theme is "virtual show of strength."

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Team Navy 2019 Cyclists Practice

Team Navy cyclists conduct a practice time trial during training camp for the 2019 Department of Defense Warrior Games at MacDill Air Force Base, June 18, 2019.

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