Wounded Warrior Regiment

MARINE CORPS BASE QUANTICO, Va. (October 10, 2012)- Sgt. Faris Amra a Marine with the Wounded Warrior Battalion East detachment Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., graduated from the Sergeant's Course today. The course provides Marine Corps Sergeants and Sergeant selectees with the knowledge and skills necessary to assume leadership roles of greater responsibility. Amra also received the gung-ho award which recognizes the student who best displayed motivation, cooperation, team work and Esprit de Corps through the duration of the course.
Photo by Aquita Brown
CULPEPER, Va. (September 29, 2012)- Cpl. Jeremy Willis zigzags through the pole bending obstacle at the Inaugural Wounded Warrior Cowboy Challenge at the J Bar C Ranch in Culpeper, Va. The event is a part of the Jinx McCain Horsemanship Program and is hosted by the Wounded Warrior Regiment's outdoor recreation program. The competition consisted of four horsemanship and ranching skills contests; barrels, pole bending, calf branding and team penning.
Photo by Aquita Brown
CULPEPER, Va. (September 29, 2012)- Sgt. Matthew Smith and Marine veteran Staff Sgt. Joey Broom receives belt buckles for 1st place during the Inaugural Wounded Warrior Cowboy Challenge at the J Bar C Ranch in Culpeper, Va. The event is a part of the Jinx McCain Horsemanship Program and is hosted by the Wounded Warrior Regiment's outdoor recreation program. The competition consisted of four horsemanship and ranching skills contests; barrels, pole bending, calf branding and team penning.
Photo by Aquita Brown
ORLANDO, Fla., (September 19, 2012) - LCpl. Zach Blair (L) and Sgt. Derwin Bowie set up at the net for a return at this week's volleyball camp. The USMC Wounded Warrior Regiment concluded a dual wheelchair basketball and sitting volleyball camp this week on the campus of the University of Central Florida. Thirty wounded, injured and ill Marines took part in the wheelchair basketball camp and there were 27 participating in the sitting volleyball camp.
Photo by Terry Cornwell
ARLINGTON, Va., (September 12, 2012)-- Marine veteran Josh Misciewicz maneuvers the puck during a hockey game at the Kettler Capitals Iceplex in Arlington, Va.
Photo by Rachel Larue/Pentagram
ORLANDO, Fla., (September 14, 2012) - Lance Cpl. Zack Blair passes inside against Lance Cpl. Brandon Malone during a drill at the USMC Wounded Warrior Regiment's wheelchair basketball camp this week. Thirty wounded, injured and ill Marines took part in the camp on the campus of the University of Central Florida. Twenty-eight of the Marines will also be participating in the volleyball camp, which starts this weekend at UCF's Recreation and Wellness Center. The dual sports camp was organized and operated by the USMC Wounded Warrior Regiment with support from Battalions East and West.
Photo by Terry Cornwell
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. (Aug 24, 2012)- Head Archery Coach John Fuller, a retired Marine, offers a shooting tip to Sgt. Mike DeYoung at the USMC Wounded Warrior Regiment's annual archery camp. DeYoung and 29 other wounded, injured and ill Marines took part in the camp. Some of these Marines will compete in archery or other sports at the 2013 Marine Corps Trials in February at Camp Pendleton, Calif. The archery camp was organized and supported by the USMC Wounded Warrior Regiment.
Photo by LCpl. Nik S. Phongsisattanak
Cpl. Todd Love, wounded Marine, is in the air courtesy of Team X-T.R.E.M.E, a nonprofit organization with a mission to honor, empower and motivate the wounded of the Iraq and Afghanistan operations. The last five letters in the team name stand for train, rehabilitate, empower, motivate and endure.
Photo by T. K. Hinshaw of Skydive Hawaii