DVIDS – Video – Navy Wounded Warrior leads 2024 Adaptive Sports Trials for Team Navy

HONOLULU – Nearly 50 seriously wounded, ill, and injured service members from the U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard traveled to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in an effort to join the 2024 Navy adaptive sports team. The 40 selected athletes will travel to Orlando, Fla., for the 2024 Department of Defense Warrior Games, taking place at the ESPN Wide World of Sports. The 2024 Team Navy Trials took place February 21 – March 4, 2024.

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About Navy Adaptive Athletics Fitness and teamwork are a way of life in the military. Serious illness or injury can profoundly impact that way of life, often confining a service member to a hospital bed and significantly altering their physical capabilities. Adaptive athletics are sports that have been modified to meet the abilities of injured or ill individuals. They help wounded warriors build strength and endurance, while also drawing inspiration from their teammates. All wounded …