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  • Wounded vets to participate in first warrior games

    Approximately 200 wounded active duty members and military veterans will compete in the inaugural Warrior Games May 10 to 14 in Colorado Springs, Colo., Defense Department officials announced today. The U.S. Olympic Committee will host the games, and events will include shooting, swimming, archery,

  • Wounded Warrior Air Force trials to begin at Nellis

    The 2014 Warrior Games Selection Camp will begin April 7 at Nellis AFB.The trials will last until April 11, where wounded warriors will compete in various events to see if they can make the U.S. Air Force Wounded Warrior team."We have close to 100 athletes coming from across the United States to

  • Wounded warrior brief moves chief of staff's wife

    As the wife of the Air Force chief of staff, Betty Welsh is no stranger to sitting through presentations about various programs that assist Airmen and their families, but those briefings don't normally leave her so moved.During her visit Sept. 11 to the Warrior and Family Operations Center at the

  • Wounded warrior finds new place in the AF family

    (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.  )Faith and trust in what we cannot see.Those words are etched into his skin, right above a scar that, by itself, embodies the journey he has undertaken.

  • Wounded warrior gets help with new battle buddy

    An Air Force wounded warrior has a new buddy that is helping him cope with his physical and mental pain, thanks to the Train A Dog - Save A Warrior program.Staff Sgt. Andrew Goligowski struggles with post-traumatic stress and the pain caused by sarcoidosis, a disease with no cure that causes

  • Wounded warrior program continues assisting Airmen and their families

    Air Force leaders remain committed to the service's top investments: Airmen and their families. In support of a Defense Department initiative to return wounded warriors to productive military service or civilian life, Air Force officials here have revised several personnel policies. These policies

  • Wounded warrior returns to serve Air Force

    Gunar Moschner knows all too well the pain and anxiety that follows a devastating combat-related injury, but he also knows help is available through the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program.Thanks to the program -- and his own perseverance - Mr. Moschner is once again serving with the Air Force.His

  • Wounded warrior sport events return

    The U.S. Air Force Wounded Warrior Program, in coordination with the 96th Test Wing, will host a Warrior CARE event and Warrior Games team training camp here April 4-8.The CARE event provides seriously wounded, ill and injured military members, veterans and their caregivers focused and personalized

  • Wounded warrior to compete at Warrior Games

    In December 2005, Tech. Sgt. Israel Del Toro Jr. laid in a hospital bed at Brooks Army Medical Center after an improvised explosive device left 80 percent of his body covered in third degree burns. He was missing fingers from both hands and had severe inhalation burns when doctors told his wife,

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