…Year. In 2010, he was assigned to the Army’s World Class Athlete Program (WCAP) in the sport of rowing. He was later assigned to the Warrior Transition Unit in Fort Sill, Okla., before retiring in 2014. After his injury, Christopher met and married the love of his life, Catherine, and they now have two young children. Christopher loves cooking for his family but the task was challenging in his previous home because the kitchen was not wheelchair accessible. Christopher was…
While recovering from having both legs amputated from injuries she sustained while serving in Afghanistan, Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Rebecca Mann initially had no interest in adaptive sports. At the insistence of friends, Rebecca decided to give adaptive sled hockey a shot. She signed up for a clinic through Spaulding Rehab Hospital in Boston and was immediately hooked. Rebecca finds being on the ice beneficial for her body and mind. “The best thing about sled hockey is my disability…
…SPC Wells was passing through an Iraqi Army checkpoint when four explosively formed penetrators (EFPs) were detonated, immobilizing the Stryker vehicle. A team member pulled him from the vehicle while a medic applied tourniquets preparing SPC Wells for medevac. The blast resulted in the loss of both of his legs. After being airlifted to Balad, Iraq, SPC Wells was immediately flown to Landstuhl, Germany, and finally to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas where he began his recuperation and rehabilitation….
…shrapnel and explosive percussion ripped through his body, causing him to go into shock and become disoriented. His corpsmen acted quickly to evacuate him and the other casualties. The last words he remembers hearing before passing out were his fellow Marines saying, “We got you, Marine. You’re safe now.” Cpl Smith spent the following four weeks in a coma. He was evacuated to Landstuhl, Germany where his right leg was amputated. Once back in the States, he was treated at…
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