The unpleasant aftermath of combat injuries is on display during the Warrior Games, the second annual event featuring seven sports for about 220 wounded, injured and ill service members that continued Wednesday and runs through Saturday in Colorado Springs.
Most participants on the Army team, including Ranker, a sergeant first class who suffered traumatic brain injury from four blows to the head, pass through Warrior Transition Units that facilitate a return to active duty or an assimilation into civilian life. More than 7,300 soldiers, all needing at least six months of treatment, are stationed at 29 WTUs across the country – part of a $983 million effort by the Army to modernize healing campuses.
By:BRIAN GOMEZRead more: http://www.gazette.com/articles/warrior-118341-fighting-games.html#ixzz1MvHqSL3q
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