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Sgt. 1st Class Ellie Marks has represented the United States in the Military World Games, the Invictus Games, the Summer Paralympics, and the World Para Swimming Championships. Watch Marks talk about her journey in the U.S. Army, sustaining an injury while serving in Iraq, and joining the World-Class Athlete program.

My Army Life: Sgt. 1st Class Ellie Marks

My Army Life: Sgt. 1st Class Ellie Marks

Team U.S. athletes arrive in Alexandria, Va., for the final Invictus team camp on Aug 31, 2023, where they also receive their gear in preparation for the upcoming Invictus Games. In total, 59 competitors will represent the United States at the Invictus Games Düsseldorf 2023, from Sep 9-16, 2023.

Team U.S. Invictus Training Camp Arrival

Team U.S. Invictus Training Camp Arrival

The Adaptive Sports Program connects recovering Airmen to introductory and competitive adaptive sports opportunities to enhance their recovery and overall quality of life, regardless of visible or invisible wounds. Each sport offers a world class coaching staff, adaptable equipment, virtual training, nutrition plans and active links that connect Airmen to community-based sports programs. After attending an adaptive sports training event (virtually or in-person), recovering Airmen are offered participation in Developmental Tracks to support new found sports skills and to prepare Airmen interested in competing at the DoD Warrior Games or Invictus Games.

Air Force Trials 2023 Sizzle

Air Force Trials 2023 Sizzle

Athletes play wheelchair basketball on an indoor court.

Road to the 2023 Warrior Games Challenge

Road to the 2023 Warrior Games Challenge

An athlete lies on a bench and holds a weight above her chest.

Army Athlete Talks Powerlifting, Adaptive Sports

Army Athlete Talks Powerlifting, Adaptive Sports

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Michael Scott, a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, talks about his experience being attached to the Wounded Warrior Battalion East during a team sports camp in San Antonio, Texas, June 9, 2022. Marines attended the camp to hone their skills in wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, and sitting volleyball to prepare for the 2022 Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games. The DoD Warrior Games is a multi-sport event for wounded, ill, and injured service members. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kedrick Schumacher)

Marine Talks Team Spirit

Marine Talks Team Spirit

A group of people walk into a stadium with Warrior Games banners in the backdrop.

Warrior Games Opening Ceremony

Warrior Games Opening Ceremony

Recovering service members with Wounded Warrior Regiment participate in a training camp in San Antonio, Texas, June 6-10, 2022. Marines attended the camp to hone their skills in wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, and sitting volleyball to prepare for the 2022 DoD Warrior Games. The DoD Warrior Games is a multi-sport event for wounded, ill, and injured service members. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Kedrick Schumacher)

Training Camp Highlight Reel

Training Camp Highlight Reel

Marine Corps Sgt. Patrick MacDonald, a recovering service member with Wounded Warrior Battalion - West, shares his mindset during competitions, as he represents Team U.S. for the Invictus Games located at The Hague, Netherlands, April 17, 2022.

Pushing the Limits

Pushing the Limits

Retired U.S. Army Spc. Angela Euson, an Invictus Game competitor participates in an interview explaining her experiences with training and the Invictus Games April 12, 2022 on Fort Belvoir, VA. Team U.S is a part of more than 500 participants from 20 countries who will take part in The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 featuring ten adaptive sports, including archery, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming, track, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair ruby, and a driving challenge. (U.S Army video edited by Clara Soria-Hernandez)

Army Spc. Angela Euson

Army Spc. Angela Euson

Retired U.S. Army Capt. Alex Wilson, an Invictus Game competitor participates in an interview explaining his experiences with training and the Invictus Games April 10, 2022 on Fort Belvoir, VA. Team U.S is a part of more than 500 participants from 20 countries who will take part in The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 featuring ten adaptive sports, including archery, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming, track, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair ruby, and a driving challenge. (U.S Army video edited by Sgt. Keion Jackson)

Army Capt. Alex Wilson

Army Capt. Alex Wilson

Retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Ross Alewine, an Invictus Game competitor participates in an interview explaining his experiences with training and the Invictus Games April 12, 2022 on Fort Belvoir, VA. Team U.S is a part of more than 500 participants from 20 countries who will take part in The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 featuring ten adaptive sports, including archery, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming, track, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair ruby, and a driving challenge. (U.S Army video edited by Anthony Todd)

Army Staff Sgt. Ross Alewine

Army Staff Sgt. Ross Alewine

Retired U.S. Army Spc. Michelle Sanchez, an Invictus Game competitor participates in an interview explaining her experiences with training and the Invictus Games April 12, 2022 on Fort Belvoir, VA. Team U.S is a part of more than 500 participants from 20 countries who will take part in The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 featuring ten adaptive sports, including archery, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming, track, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair ruby, and a driving challenge. (U.S Army video edited by Sgt. Keion Jackson)

Army Spc. Michelle Sanchez

Army Spc. Michelle Sanchez

Retired U.S. Army Master Sgt. Earl Ohlinger, an Invictus Game competitor participates in an interview explaining his experiences with training and the Invictus Games April 12, 2022 on Fort Belvoir, VA. Team U.S is a part of more than 500 participants from 20 countries who will take part in The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 featuring ten adaptive sports, including archery, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming, track, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair ruby, and a driving challenge. (U.S Army photo by Cpl. Cody Nelson)

Army Master Sgt. Earl Ohlinger

Army Master Sgt. Earl Ohlinger

Retired U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson, an Invictus Game competitor participates in an interview explaining his experiences with training and the Invictus Games April 12, 2022 on Fort Belvoir, VA. Team U.S is a part of more than 500 participants from 20 countries who will take part in The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 featuring ten adaptive sports, including archery, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming, track, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair ruby, and a driving challenge. (U.S Army video edited by Spc. Christyana Hartfield)

Army Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson

Army Sgt. 1st Class Josh Olson

Retired U.S. Army Capt. Casey Turner, an Invictus Game competitor participates in an interview explaining her experiences with training and the Invictus Games April 12, 2022 on Fort Belvoir, VA. Team U.S is a part of more than 500 participants from 20 countries who will take part in The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 featuring ten adaptive sports, including archery, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming, track, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair ruby, and a driving challenge. (U.S Army video edited by Sgt. Keion Jackson)

Army Capt. Casey Turner

Army Capt. Casey Turner

Retired U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Joel Rodriguez, an Invictus Game competitor participates in an interview explaining his experiences with training and the Invictus Games April 12, 2022 on Fort Belvoir, VA. Team U.S is a part of more than 500 participants from 20 countries who will take part in The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 featuring ten adaptive sports, including archery, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming, track, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair ruby, and a driving challenge. (U.S Army video edited by Sgt. Keion Jackson)

Army Staff Sgt. Joel Rodriguez

Army Staff Sgt. Joel Rodriguez

Retired U.S. Army Spc. Brent Garlic, an Invictus Game competitor participates in an interview explaining his experiences with training and the Invictus Games April 12, 2022 on Fort Belvoir, VA. Team U.S is a part of more than 500 participants from 20 countries who will take part in The Invictus Games The Hague 2020 featuring ten adaptive sports, including archery, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, swimming, track, sitting volleyball, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair ruby, and a driving challenge. (U.S Army video edited by Clara Soria-Hernandez)

Army Spc. Brent Garlic

Army Spc. Brent Garlic

I’m Specialist Hakeem Abdul-Saboor, I’m a soldier and I’m a World Class Athlete. I’m a member of the United States Bobsled Team. The Army has taught me to be resilient, to never give up and always strive to complete the task. To walk into the Olympic Stadium is going to be tremendously overwhelming. Everybody’s there cheering and rooting you on and I’m there to represent my country, both as an athlete and as a soldier. It’s going to be amazing to say I’ve made it. It’s been a great journey. Follow me at ArmyWCAP.com. Go Army!

Army Spc. Hakeem Abdul-Saboor

Army Spc. Hakeem Abdul-Saboor

My name is SGT Emily Sweeney, I’ m an Olympic Athlete and an Army Soldier. I’m a part of the World Class Athlete Program. Which is a group of soldiers that are soldier athletes who are chasing to become Olympians and Paralympians. The world of being a soldier and an athlete are perfect parallels, you learn so much as a soldier about what your values are and how to work with a team. And then also as an athlete, you also need those attributes. So I’ve learned a lot about resiliency, motivation, as an athlete, but it then transfers over to be a soldier. So they’re the perfect mixture and I feel I am a better athlete because I am a soldier and I’m a better soldier because I’m an athlete.

Army Sgt. Emily Sweeney

Army Sgt. Emily Sweeney

I’m Specialist Jasper Good, a member of the U.S. Nordic Combined Team and the U. S. Army’s World Class Athlete Program. I think the soldier athlete relationship makes each other better. I think discipline is something you learn as a soldier and that’s extremely beneficial as an athlete. There’s so much you have to be disciplined with and on the flip-side as an athlete you learn how to work and grind and be willing to do what it takes. I’m very much looking forward to walking into opening ceremonies this year and not only representing Team USA, but also the U.S. Army. I think that’s going to be an incredible honor. To be making both my country and my soldiers proud.

Army Spc. Jasper Good

Army Spc. Jasper Good

A Marine smiles while sitting and talking in a room in front of trophies and awards.

The Mindset of a Professional Athlete

The Mindset of a Professional Athlete

Hi, I’m Specialist Benjamin Loomis, I’m a soldier and a World Class Athlete. I think being a soldier and an athlete has a lot of similarities. Just the discipline and goal-setting all ties together. You need all of those attributes to succeed at both. I think it’s the best feeling to be representing the U.S. as both a soldier and an athlete. And my last Olympics I was not in the military at that time, so I am really excited for the upcoming Beijing Olympics, to finally have that true honor of both being a soldier and an athlete. I think that will be the panicle of being humbled by this experience and the opportunities that the Army has allowed me.

Army Spc. Benjamin Loomis

Army Spc. Benjamin Loomis

Staff Sgt. Amanda Elsenboss, with the National Guard's All Guard marksmanship team, who are selected from all 54 states and territories, competes in the East Coast Full Bore Championships at Camp Butner, N.C., May 11. Staff Sgt. Amanda Elsenboss, with the Pennsylvania National Guard, took third place in her team division. She will go on to represent the U.S. in the the Long Range World Championships in South Africa.

Soldier Among World's Best Long Range Shooters

Soldier Among World's Best Long Range Shooters

An Army athlete exercises on a bar device.

Road to the Titan Games

Road to the Titan Games

A photo collage shows Marine Corps athletes competing in various sports.

Regional Marine Corps Trials 2021 Highlights

Regional Marine Corps Trials 2021 Highlights

A Marine Corps athlete speaks in a weight room.

Road to Recovery

Road to Recovery

A soldier holds weights in a gym.

Coast Guard runners pose for a photo.

A Runner's Tale

A Runner's Tale

U.S. Paralympic Triathlon elite athlete Jamie Brown prepares for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Aug. 12, 2019, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Brown's unique perspective on life shows the importance of resiliency and staying positive through difficult times. (U.S. Air Force video by Senior Airman Cynthia Belío)

Limitless Package

Limitless Package

A Coast Guardsman in a white robe participates in a judo event.

Training for the Fight

Training for the Fight

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