By Rick Burke, Navy
Office of Community Outreach Public Affairs
CHICAGO – The 2017 Department
of Defense Warrior Games kicked off June 30th with
competitions over the weekend in shooting, sitting volleyball, wheelchair
basketball, and track.
Curtis and the rest of “Team Navy”
join more than 250 seriously wounded, ill and injured service members and
veterans at the Department of Defense Warrior Games.
He will compete for a medal on July
7 as a member of Navy’s wheelchair basketball team, who has not lost a game in
this year’s competition, and the swimming event scheduled on the last day of competition, July 8.
Navy
athletes are competing against competitors from the Army, Marine Corps, Air
Force, Special Operations Command, Australian Defense Force and the United
Kingdom Armed Forces in cycling, track and field, shooting, swimming, archery,
sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.
The Navy honors the sacrifices of wounded warriors by providing
them top-notch non-medical support through Navy Wounded Warrior (NWW) – Safe
Harbor. All enrollees in NWW are encouraged to make athletics a key component
of their recovery efforts. By promoting wounded warrior participation in
competitions like the Warrior Games, NWW helps enrollees heal through adaptive
sports.
These games provide an opportunity for athletes to grow physically,
mentally and spiritually from the sportsmanship and camaraderie gained by
representing their respective service teams in a friendly and spirited
competition. It is an opportunity for athletes to showcase their enduring
warrior spirit in the presence of their families and grateful nation.
- - Lt. Jesus Uranga, Team Navy Public Affairs
For
more information about the 2017 DoD Warrior Games, please visit http://www.dodwarriorgames.com/.