The 2014 Warrior Games kicked off on Sunday at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs with over 200 athletes from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Special Operations Command marching into the gymnasium followed by each representatives from each service branch passing a torch through the room. Athletes and spectators watched a video feed as the torch was handed off to retired Marine Cpl. Paul Schaus and retired Army Staff Sgt. Rico Roman, both members of the US Paralympic Sled Hockey team, who lit the cauldron over the USOTC. The competition started shortly afterwards with sitting volleyball matches. Air Force won both their matches, Navy and Marine Corps each went 1-1 and Special Operations Command fell 0-2. Check back daily for more from the 2014 Warrior Games!
An airman assigned to the 57th Rescue Squadron regroups with the rest of his team after a freefall jump during exercise Ares Shadow near Aviano, Italy, Aug. 9. (Airman 1st Class Eli Chevalier/Air Force)
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 24: U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald talks to reporters outside of his department’s headquarters February 24, 2015 in Washington, DC. McDonald has apologized for misrepresenting his military record by telling a homeless veteran in California that he had served in the U.S. Special Forces. McDonald was an elite Army Ranger and served in the 82nd Airborne Division but did not serve in a special operations regiment. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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A B-2 Spirit aircraft is prepped for launch July 17, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Whiteman AFB is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the inaugural flight of the B-2 in 1989. (Senior Airman Thomas M. Barley/Air Force)
Marines from Marine Corps Barracks Washington carry the remains of Maj. Elizabeth Kealey at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, April 27, 2015. Then-Capt. Kealey died on January 23 in a helicopter crash at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms along with 1st Lt. Adam Satterfield. (Mike Morones/Staff)
A Marine with India Company, Battalion Landing Team 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, directs Marines on a maneuver path during a vertical assault raid exercise at Udairi Range in Kuwait, Feb. 16, 2015. A contingent of MEU Marines is ashore in Kuwait as part of scheduled sustainment training. The 24th MEU is embarked on the ships of the Iwo Jima Amphibious Ready Group and deployed to maintain regional security in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Todd F. Michalek/Released)
A member of the armed forces jumps out of an MV-22B Osprey during parachute training operations over Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Aug. 13, 2019. (Lance Cpl. Jacob Wilson/Marine Corps)
Christine Thompson, mother of Maj. Elizabeth Kealey, comforts family friend Hazel Seppi during the burial service for Kealey at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, April 27, 2015. Then-Capt. Kealey died along with 1st Lt. Adam Satterfield on January 23 in a helicopter crash at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. (Mike Morones/Staff)
Sgt. Phillip Palmeri crawls to a breach point during a live-fire training exercise at Fort Stewart, Ga., Aug. 7, 2019. (Spc. Jordyn Worshek/Army)
Marines from Marine Barracks Washington (8th & I) lead a procession for the burial service for U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Elizabeth Kealey at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, April 27, 2015. Then-Capt. Kealey and 1st Lt. Adam Satterfield died on January 23 in a helicopter crash at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. (Mike Morones/Staff)
150214-N-RB579-018 SEKONDI, Ghana (Feb. 14, 2015) A member of the Navy’s Embarked Security Team (EST) stands watch as the Military Sealift Command’s Joint High-speed Vessel USNS Spearhead (JHSV 1) pulls into Sekondi, Ghana, Feb. 14, 2015. Spearhead is on a scheduled deployment to the U.S. 6th Fleet area of operations in support of the international collaborative capacity-building program Africa Partnership Station. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Joshua Davies/Released)
Marines with 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, a part of Marine Rotational Force – Darwin, fire an M252 81mm extended range mortar system during a fire support coordination exercise at Mount Bundey Training Area, Australia, Aug. 9, 2019. (Lance Cpl. Nicholas Filca/Marine Corps)
Marines from Marine Barracks Washington conduct a burial service for Maj. Elizabeth Kealey at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, April 27, 2015. Then-Capt. Kealey died along with 1st Lt. Adam Satterfield on January 23 in a helicopter crash at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. (Mike Morones/Staff)
A Critical Skills Operator with 3rd Marine Special Operations Battalion, U.S. Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, fast-ropes onto a ship here, Feb. 12, 2015. The battalion conducted a Visit, Board, Search and Seizure mission aboard the ship during RAVEN 15-03, a 10-day realistic military training exercise to enhance the battalion’s readiness for worldwide support to global security. (Official U.S. Marine Corps photo by GySgt. Josh Higgins/released)
An F-15C Eagle from Kadena Air Base, Japan, flies away from a KC-135 Stratotanker after conducting aerial refueling during RED FLAG-Alaska 19-3 at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Aug. 7, 2019. (Tech. Sgt. Matthew B. Fredericks/Air Force)
Master Sgt. Leonard Spain presents Christine Thompson with the shell casings from the rifle volleys during the burial service for her daughter Maj. Elizabeth Kealey at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Monday, April 27, 2015. Then-Capt. Kealey and 1st Lt. Adam Satterfield died on January 23 in a helicopter crash at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms. (Mike Morones/Staff)
