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  • Caregivers mirror wounded warrior struggles

    Megan Fugitt was enjoying life as a newlywed when in an instant she went from being a wife to a caregiver.Fugitt's husband, Chris, a former Airman with the 96th Maintenance Squadron here, was on the mend of a kidney renal infarction in 2013 when he suddenly suffered a stroke as a result of blood

  • Day 5 of Warrior Games training

    The Air Force's Warrior Games training camp is taking place at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The five-day camp for Air Force athletes serves as their last practice session before the Warrior Games begin June 19 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. To see what is happening at the camp, click

  • Best friends

    Retired Sgt. Ryan Largeman, and his service dog, Duke, curl up together for a short nap during the second day of the Warrior Games training camp here April 19. The five-day training camp for the Air Force's wounded warrior athletes serves as their last practice session before the Warrior Games take

  • Career-ending injury leads Airman to new calling

    When a career-ending injury halted then-Staff Sgt. Daniel Crane's promising military career, he almost gave in to the anger and depression that threatened to overtake him.In 2012, Crane, assigned to the 736th Security Forces Squadron in Guam, had just completed a three-day security mission.  The

  • Day 4 of Warrior Games training

    The Air Force's Warrior Games training camp is taking place at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The five-day camp for Air Force athletes serves as their last practice session before the Warrior Games begin June 19 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. To see what is happening at the camp, click

  • Day 3 of Warrior Games training

    The Air Force's Warrior Games training camp is taking place at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida. The five-day camp for Air Force athletes serves as their last practice session before the Warrior Games begin June 19 at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia. To see what is happening at the camp, click

  • Eglin Airman participates in adaptive camp

    Like the aircraft he used to load and test bombs on before circumstances abruptly ended his career, a retired 96th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airman is a fighter.Two years after complications from a massive stroke forced Senior Airman Chris Fugitt to retire from the Air Force, his warrior spirit

  • An Airman's journey to wounded warrior mentorship

    Tech. Sgt. Ryan Delaney couldn't be happier to be a mentor for the introductory adaptive sports and rehabilitation camp that happened here April 13-22.Delaney, a flight chief with the 412th Security Forces Squadron at Edwards Air Force Base, California, helped prepare approximately 45 participants

  • Day 2 of adaptive sports camp

    An introductory adaptive sports and rehabilitation camp continues at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Department of Defense's military adaptive sports program enhances warrior recovery by engaging wounded, ill and injured service members in ongoing, daily adaptive activities, based on their interest

  • Day 1 of adaptive sports camp

    An introductory adaptive sports and rehabilitation camp continues at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. The Department of Defense's military adaptive sports program enhances warrior recovery by engaging wounded, ill and injured service members in ongoing, daily adaptive activities, based on their interest

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