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April 12, 2024
Next Stop.....2024 DoD Warrior Games

Last month, the Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) Program went back home to Nellis Air Force Base to host the 2024 Air Force & Marine Corps Trials. More than 100 warrior athletes competed for a spot to represent Team Air Force during the 2024 Department of Defense Warrior Games, happening June 21-30,
Aug. 30, 2023
AFW2 roadshow visits Grand Forks AFB

AFW2 ambassadors and program staff visited Grand Forks AFB Aug. 24 - 25 as part of their roadshow.
July 29, 2021
Wounded warriors share message of resiliency in Florida

"I did not know I got shot,” said the sergeant. “I thought a flare hit my legs.”He was on his second deployment in Afghanistan in July 2011 serving on a combat search and rescue team. His mission was to recover wounded service members.“Going out and getting shot at” was routine, he said, as his unit
April 21, 2021
AFW2 Announces Team Air Force for Warrior Games 2021

The Air Force Wounded Warrior (AFW2) Program is proud to announce the 2021 Air Force Warrior Games team. A team of coaches and staff selected 45 primary and 15 alternates, a combination of active duty, Guard and Reserve Airmen and veterans, after their 2021 Virtual Air Force Trials competition. The
March 19, 2021
Care beyond duty: Discovering resiliency through mentorship

It was a Tuesday that changed the trajectory of Bronwen Gulledge’s life.
July 17, 2020
AFW2 LinkedIn Page: Empowering your future one link at a time

The EIT team commits to providing warriors and caregivers the tools and resources they need to achieve their long-term career and life goals, making the AFW2 LinkedIn page a vital resource to have and utilize. The AFW2 LinkedIn page serves as a professional social platform that allows warriors and
June 5, 2020
PTSD Awareness: Know When You Aren’t You

According to the National Center for PTSD, the disorder is a mental health problem that some develop after experiencing or witnessing a lift-threatening event, like combat, a natural disaster, a car accident or sexual assault. Some people experience an event, have a grieving period, and then return
May 29, 2020
Annual DoD Warrior Games canceled amid COVID concerns

Annual DoD Warrior Games canceled amid COVID concerns
April 20, 2020
How Leaders Helped Maj. Harmer Find the Support to Overcome His Invisible Wounds

In 2004, Maj Chris Harmer left an abusive childhood home and joined the Air Force to be part of something larger than himself. He quickly found a home in the AF Medical Community and flourished both at work and at home over the next decade. “All felt right in life,” recalls Harmer, along with his
Feb. 10, 2020
Fighting the demons: A "typical" Defender's story

If there is a “typical” security forces Airman, Master Sgt. Dwayne Pyle (ret) says he was it. He loved his job and felt he was good at it, even though he did get into a little trouble during his first assignment in Germany.