The Warrior Games, founded in 2010, are designed to introduce wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans to adaptive sports and encourage them to stay physically active when they return to their local communities following the event. The Warrior Games is an adaptive sport competition for wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans.
Adaptive sports and athletic reconditioning play a key role in recovery and rehabilitation for wounded, ill, and injured Service members and veterans. They expose service members to opportunities for physical fitness and activity, and introduce them to sports and other activities they may not have participated in or even heard of before their wound, illness, or injury.
The Office of Warrior Care Policy provides oversight and support for the reconditioning programs for all Services. The reconditioning programs provide opportunities to participate in various sports that may lead a wounded, ill, or injured Service member to represent their branch of Service at the Warrior Games. Training camps and clinics, as well as daily adaptive activities overseen by the Office of Warrior Care Policy, can be part of an athlete’s preparation for participation in the Warrior Games.
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6/14/2016
![Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band, is a twelve-member all genre cover band, who have been delivering lively performances to service members and veterans at military bases and festivals across the globe since 2003 (Courtesy photo from the Gary Sinise Foundation)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161101135620im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Lt%20Dan.ashx?mw=120)
Gary Sinise and the Lt. Dan Band are scheduled to perform during the 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games closing ceremony and concert Tuesday, June 21, at the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, New York
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6/14/2016
![The DoD Warrior Games is an adaptive sports competition for wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161101135620im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/WG.ashx?mw=120)
From June 15 – 21, 2016, more than 250 athletes are gathering at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York for the sixth annual Department of Defense Warrior Games.
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5/3/2016
![Air Force Maj. (Dr.) Sean Martin, the chief of sports medicine with Air Force Special Operations Command Office of the Surgeon General, watches as Air Force Staff Sgt. Jennifer Enderud, the NCO in charge of physical therapy with the 1st Special Operations Medical Operations Squadron, stretches an athlete’s hamstring during a Warrior Games training camp at Hurlburt Field, Florida.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161101135620im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Sideline.ashx?mw=120)
With athletes with pre-existing conditions giving their all during the Warrior Games training camp, it is imperative to have a medical staff on standby
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1/26/2016
![Navy Wounded Warriors learn how to cycle safely during their track training session at the adaptive athletics camp on Naval Base Ventura County, California.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161101135620im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/WWP.ashx?mw=120)
Sailors and Coast Guardsmen participated in the first Navy Wounded Warrior - Safe Harbor adaptive sports camp of the year
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11/24/2015
![A member of the Air Force wounded warrior volleyball team spikes the ball during a volleyball match as part of the Warrior Care Month Sitting Volleyball Tournament at the Pentagon.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161101135620im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Sitting%20Vball.ashx?mw=120)
The Air Force hosted the 5th Annual Warrior Care Month Joint Services Sitting Volleyball Tournament and took first place after winning five straight matches
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6/29/2015
![U.S. Army Sgt. Nicholas Titman, assigned to the Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Carson, Colo., takes a shot while playing a wheelchair basketball game against Team British Armed Forces during the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Barber Fitness Center, on Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., June 21, 2015. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Sandy Barrientos/Released)](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161101135620im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Sport%20psychologists%20help%20athletes%20stay%20on%20track%20at%20Warrior%20Games%20and%20in%20life.ashx?mw=120)
Ashley Jenkins, MRT-PE, helps Warrior Games athletes and active-duty soldiers to stay on track to outstanding performance and goal achievement.
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6/28/2015
![Defense Health Agency Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Douglas Robb and his son, Luke, meet with Team Air Force briefly before closing ceremony for the 2015 Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, on June 28, 2015.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161101135620im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/Robb%20and%20son%20Air%20Force%20Team.ashx?mw=120)
The 2015 Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, conclude Sunday evening.
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6/24/2015
![Jennifer Hoghe (right), a physical therapist with the Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Stewart, Georgia, tapes up the ankle of Army Reserve Spc. Sydney Davis (left), a member of the Army’s archery team at the 2015 Warrior Games at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia.](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20161101135620im_/https://www.health.mil/~/media/MHS/Photos/MedicalPersonnel1.ashx?mw=120)
Jennifer Hoghe of the Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Stewart, GA, is part of the Warrior Games medical team and finds inspiration in treating the athletes and meeting their families.
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