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Team USA I four-man bobsled Olympic gold medalists Curtis Tomasevicz, Steve Mesler, Justin Olsen and former U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program driver Steven Holcomb salute their gold-medal performance during the medal ceremony during the 2012 Winter Olympic Games at Whistler Medals Plaza in Whistler, B.C., Canada. Olsen has since joined the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program and is in position to accompany Holcomb and Langton as Team USA bobsledders at the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. U.S. Army photo by Tim Hipps

Soldiers in the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program are training and competing for spots on the 2014 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games U.S. Team.
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How many people can say they have served their country’s military and also as a member of the U.S. Olympic team? I’d say that’s a pretty exclusive list. On Tuesday, Aug. 28, the U.S. Army’s own, Sgt. Vincent Hancock, who became …
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DoDLive witnessed the intense action of the Wheelchair Basketball Finals at the 2011 Warrior Games. The Navy/Coast Guard team battled the Air Force in a harrowingly close game for the bronze medal, with the winning team clinching the bronze by …
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When we last heard about SFC Justin Minyard’s story, we saw how a stranger’s kindness helped him get back in the game. At Friday’s cycling event, it was evident that SFC Minyard was in the right mindset, and that his …
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By Tim Hipps FMWRC Public Affairs Army 2nd Lt. Steven Ostrander struck gold, and Sgts. William Rider and Louis Davis won silver medals at the 2009 U.S. National Taekwondo Championships on July 5. Ostrander, a U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program …
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