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  • Wounded warriors recover through massage therapy

    Her hands heal and relax ill, injured and wounded veterans competing at the 2013 Warrior Games here.Jeanette Falu-Bishop, the founder and executive director of Structure for Wounded Warriors, is not new to helping out. She has been working for nearly a decade helping veterans with massage therapy.

  • EOD tech competes in Warrior Games

    Combat can take its toll on the body both physically and mentally, but for an Airman here his warrior spirit is not limited by such things. For many wounded warriors, the tolls of combat could have diminished their abilities and reaction times, but the internal fire of the warrior spirit remains

  • Warrior Games 2013: Life can change in a split second

    Life can be described as a series of moments, seconds even, strung together to form experiences and memories. A split-second decision can mean the difference between life and death.Senior Master Sgt. Martin Smith knows the impact just one second can make.Smitih, a seasoned motorcycle rider and

  • Installation libraries kick off summer reading program

    Libraries across the Defense Department will begin offering the fourth annual Summer Reading Program to students on their installations to promote reading fun, a Navy General Library official said.Nilya Carrato, program assistant for the Navy General Library Program, highlighted DOD's Summer Reading

  • DOD continues TBI research, education, treatment

    The Defense Department is committed to providing the best medical care and recovery for service members with traumatic brain injury, DOD's top doctor said in a statement issued recently.Following a "60 Minutes" segment on the treatment of traumatic brain injury that aired May 6, Dr. Jonathan

  • Warrior Games 2013 -- Airman uses Games to rise above PTSD, injury

    Behind her bright brown eyes, easy smile and contagious laugh there is pain -- both physical and mental.Retired Staff Sgt. Zuleika Cruz-Pereira joined the Army after Sept. 11, 2001, because she wanted to do something to help people."I wanted to go out there and do something big," she said. "I'm one

  • Warrior Games 2013 – Competing is 'medicine' for AF wounded warrior

    Master Sgt. Shawn Schwantes may have been a pleasant surprise for his Air Force Warrior Games coaches during the team's training camp at the U.S. Air Force Academy. But Schwantes fully expected to flourish on the track and with his teammates because he considers sports his most effective medicine.

  • Warrior Games 2013: AF cyclists win 3 medals

    Air Force cyclists took home three medals in the Warrior Games 2013 cycling competition at Falcon Stadium on May 12.Maj. Scott Bullis of Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., took first place in the men's recumbent cycle race to win the Air Force's first gold medal of this year's Warrior Games."This is my

  • Wounded Warrior proud to represent

    It has been a long journey from the swimming pool at Colorado's Greeley Central High School to proudly representing the Air Force in the lanes at this year's Warrior Games at the U.S. Air Force Academy. But for Senior Master Sgt. Martin Smith, operations superintendent for the 380th Space Control

  • Royalty visits Air Force Academy, provides awareness for Games

    British royalty was on hand to kick off Warrior Games and to have a bit of fun with cadets here May 12.His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales, also known as Prince Harry, made a stop in Colorado Springs and the U.S. Air Force Academy during his weeklong visit to the United States to raise

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