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.
He competed in the 100m, 200m and 400m races
in the track competition on July 2 and the 10m air rifle from the prone
position on July 1 and will compete in the field competition on July 5.
Troha and Navy’s sitting volleyball team has not lost a game in this year's competition and is headed to the medal round on July 7.
“Team Navy” joins more than 250 seriously
wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans at the Department of
Defense Warrior Games, which will end on 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. Cmdr. Jenn Womble, Team Navy Public Affairs
For more information about the 2017 DoD Warrior
Games, please visit http://www.dodwarriorgames.com/.