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Life goes on with adaptive sports
January 3, 2025 — After a fall from a tactical vehicle in Kuwait, retired Army Staff Sgt. Bobby Green faced uncertainty about his future. Initially skeptical about adaptive sports, he discovered its transformative impact at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Soldier Recovery Unit... MORE

Soldier Recovery Units: Transforming struggle into strength
December 30, 2024 — Most Soldiers don’t know that Soldier Recovery Units exist, at least not until they need one. The Army Recovery Care Program has 14 across the country, including one at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Soldiers should always know that ARCP never sleeps, and recovery includes many facets... MORE

Two JBSA Soldiers represent Team Army at 2021 DOD Warrior Games
April 23, 2021 — The Army Recovery Care Program announced the selection April 19 of 45 athletes to represent Team Army at the upcoming 2021 Department of Defense Warrior Games in Orlando, Florida. Two members of the team are Staff Sgt. Gene Calantoc and Chief Warrant Officer 4 Robert Coleman of Brooke Army Medical Center's Soldier Recovery Unit... MORE

The athlete Soldiers and veterans represent wounded, ill and injured from the program’s 14 Soldier Recovery Units, who competed in the 2021 Army Trials.

Army medical program to improve individual Soldier care
October 1, 2020 — The Army Recovery Care Program is in full swing following its initial restructure over the summer, according to an Army medical official... MORE

Acting battalion commander Maj. Becky Lux (right) and Command Sgt. Maj. Bunesiha Jones case the colors of the Warrior Transition Battalion with Col. Thomas Bundt, commander of Madigan Army Medical Center, as part of the redesignation ceremony to the new name of Soldier Recovery Unit on Thursday, June 25, 2020, on Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Washington.

Warrior Transition Battalion prepares to take on new ‘SRU’ designation
June 16, 2020 — On Nov. 5, 2019, the Army announced the restructuring of its Warrior Care and Transition Program and formally recognized itself as the Army Recovery Care Program. The Warrior Transition Battalions would soon restructure and re-designate as Soldier Recovery Units... MORE

Army Lt. Col. Andrea Castillon, Warrior Transition Battalion commander (left) and Command Sgt. Maj. Gabriel Camacho (right) put the finishing touches on a tree dedicated to all who previously and currently served in the unit at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston June 12. The WTB will be renamed as the Soldier Recovery Unit June 23, 2020.