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Soldier is Cooking up a Great Future After the Army
March 21, 2023 — Spending seventeen years of his life in the Army, both Active Duty and Army National Guard, kept Sgt. Michael Johnson in line with his plan as a career Soldier. Yet, as everyone knows, plans can change in the blink of an eye as did Johnson’s in July of 2020. This is a story about cooking but the ingredients to get there may surprise you. It all started with a fall... MORE

(Photo courtesy Paloma Martinez, Kitchen of Purpose) Sgt. Michael Johnson whips up eggs benedict at the Kitchen of Purpose program.

U.S. Army Recovery Care Program Announces 2023 Adaptive Sports Camp at Fort Bragg
March 10, 2023 — ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA. – U.S. Army Recovery Care Program, host of the U.S. Army Trials, will introduce the Adaptive Sports Camp, 28 March - 06 April, taking place at Fort Bragg, N.C. Wounded, ill and injured Soldiers will compete for the opportunity to attend the 2023 Warrior Games Challenge hosted by the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command in June 2023 at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Calif... MORE

SSG (R) Jason Smith plays the adaptive sport of wheelchair rugby on Team Army.

I want to do more so I can be ready.
March 7, 2023 — Since he was in the fifth grade, Spc. Matthew Peite knew he wanted to be in the military. He had big dreams to get out of his small town and see the world... MORE

(Photo courtesy Spc. Matthew Peite) Spc. Peite learning how to wake surf!

Getting out of your head by getting out of the barracks
March 3, 2023 — Cpl. (Ret.) Joshua Justice always knew a life in the Army was for him until it wasn’t. A previous knee injury prior to enlisting reared its ugly head while on a deployment to the US-Mexico border at his 11th year of serving. “I got deployed as an MP [Military Police] with the National Guard down to the Mexico border to support our border patrol. One day in 2020 when I was coming off a shift, I just felt my ACL explode.” That previously repaired knee injury suffered further wear and tear with deployments and relocation... MORE

(Photo courtesy Ariel Baily) Cpl. (R) Joshua Justice participates in Adaptive Golf at the Ft. Stewart Soldier Recovery Unit.

Safety is the Way to Roll in Wheelchair Rugby
March 2, 2023 — FORT BELVOIR, VA - Wheelchair rugby is beyond fascinating to watch. The hits, the speed and the scoring are sure to make any fan cheer. The crème de le crème of adaptive team sports has come under fire for being too rough but at an adaptive sports camp, coaches hope to educate and incorporate common sense rules and injury prevention techniques... MORE

Assistant Wheelchair Rugby Coach Ross Alewine shows Spc. Colin Matthews a blocking technique for safety at the goal line.

Soldiers and Cadre Discover Benefits of Wheelchair Rugby
March 1, 2023 — Sgt. Finlahy Cortez-Powers never imagined playing wheelchair rugby. The Mortuary Affairs Specialist was introduced to adaptive sports last fall at the Fort Benning Soldier Recovery (SRU) unit after a back injury... MORE

(Photo by MaryTherese Griffin) Captain Jessica Campion and Sgt Finlahy Cortez-Powers in a scrimmage at wheelchair rugby camp.

“I didn’t know how to be physical being disabled but wheelchair basketball gave me hope.”
February 7, 2023 — Retired Army Specialist Anthony Farve found hope through hoops, but he knew he needed to get off the bench of depression. He had his left leg amputated after an explosion in a war zone in Iraq several years earlier... MORE

Army Specialist (R) Anthony Farve plays wheelchair basketball on Team Army at the 2018 Department of Defense Warrior Games in Colorado Springs.

When you come to terms with what happened to you
February 6, 2023 — Retired Army Captain Tim Bomke knows a thing or two about adversity and overcoming obstacles. You might say, and so would he, that he’s a late bloomer. On June 3, 2005, while deployed to Iraq, Bomke’s vehicle was hit by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on a route clearing operation resulting in the loss of his right leg, below the knee... MORE

Tim Bomke at Sitting Volleyball Practice for Team Army 2018.

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