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Navy Wounded Warrior Announces Team Navy for 2021 Warrior Games

May 28, 2021 | Story by Megan Trexler | Commander, Navy Installations Command

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WASHINGTON NAVY YARD -- Navy Wounded Warrior is proud to announce Team Navy for the 2021 Warrior Games. Team Navy is comprised of 45 primary and one alternate athletes, including a combination of active duty and veteran Sailors and Coast Guardsmen. The team will compete during the 2021 Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games hosted at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort from September 12-22.

The Department of Defense Warrior Games is an annual event, first held in 2010, that celebrates the resiliency and dedication of wounded, ill and injured active duty and veteran U.S. military service members. The Paralympic-style competitive event will feature 12 sports: archery, cycling, field, golf, indoor rowing, precision air sports (shooting), powerlifting, track, sitting volleyball, swimming, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby.

Thank you to the 2021 Team Navy presenting sponsor Semper Fi & America's Fund and supporting sponsor Deliotte for their generous support.

Team Navy Athletes:

1. SN Christopher Allen, ret.

2. Former CS2 Mario Ingram

3. MA2 Lindsey Battista, ret.

4. MU3 Abbie Johnson, ret.

5. LCDR Kenneth Bond, ret.

6. CDR Anthony Jungblut, ret.

7. Former HN Dakotah Brown

8. YN3 Alexis King, ret.

9. CAPT Suzanne Brown, ret.

10. UT2 Joshua Laban, ret.

11. SCPO Zachery Brown

12. YNC Jessica McHam-Rewerts

13. HM3 Donald Calero

14. IV John McKinney

15. AT2 Jai Cheon, ret.

16. BM2 Frank Mmobuosi, ret.

17. ND2 Daniel Clarke, ret

18. CTRCM Thaddeus Morris, ret.

19. MN1 Mark Coltrain, ret.

20. ENS Jarek Neczypor

21. LT Joshua Connell, ret.

22. IS2 Cassidy Nolander, ret.

23. IC3 Joshua Cooke, ret.

24. MACS Samuel Ortiz

25. ME2 Jacob Cox, ret.

26. AD1 Austin Parker, ret.

27. YN1 Lorraine Currow, ret.

28. GM1 Larry Polendey, ret.

29. PS2 Raymond Dalope, ret.

30. IT1 Pou Pou, ret.

31. ABH3 Belinda Deslouches

32. FC3 Jason Reyes, ret.

33. Former LN1 Colleen Dibble

34. LT Kelly Ryan, ret.

35. QMC Angela Everett, ret.

36. AZ3 Elizabeth Smith, ret.

37. CSCS Richard Fernandez, ret.

38. IT2 Michael Stieber, ret.

39. IT1 Ruth Freeman

40. HMC Ruben Valenzuela, ret.

41. HN Gabriel George, ret.

42. HM1 Carlos Valerio, ret.

43. YN2 Aaron Gomez III, ret.

44. RP1 Elizabeth Wilson

45. ADAN Clayton Grimstad

Team Navy Alternative Athletes:

1. LT Daniel Lee, ret.

Follow along on Team Navy's Road to the Warrior Games on the offical Team Navy webpage, Facebook, and Instagram, and join us in cheering for the team at the 2021 Warrior Games!

No Navy endorsement implied.

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