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Service members find healing through Warrior Games, share recovery journey battling invisible wounds
June 24, 2026 — Long after the gunfire stopped, Chief Master Sgt. Jeremy “Mop” Mapalo continued fighting. The San Antonio native, now serving as the senior enlisted leader for the 49th Security Forces Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, spent years carrying the invisible wounds of combat after surviving multiple deployments, including the Jan. 5, 2020, terrorist attack at Manda Bay, Kenya. ... MORE

Air Force Warrior is seated on the basketball court and tosses the ball up in the air as he prepares to serve. A line judge is standing next to him watching him serve.

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

Next stop: 2024 DOD Warrior Games
April 16, 2024 — Last month, the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program went back home to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, to host the 2024 Air Force & Marine Corps Trials. More than 100 warrior athletes competed for a spot to represent Team Air Force during the 2024 Department of Defense Warrior Games, happening June 21-30, at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. ... MORE

It is with great pleasure we announce Team Air Force who will compete at the 2024 Department of Defense Warrior Games in June at the ESPN Wide World of Sports complex in Orlando, Florida. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Shawn Sprayberry)