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(&#038; more from Warrior Games)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No single gymnasium deserves to bear witness to the depth of service pride on display at Sunday&#8217;s Warrior Games opening ceremonies \u2014 except maybe the gyms here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs is the U.S. Olympic Committee&#8217;s flagship training site, and it has fostered a competition plainly buzzing with good vibes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its fifth year and clearly here to stay, much of Warrior Games is carried out at the OTC. It occupies the former Ent Air Force Base, we learned at opening ceremonies, named for a World War II-era major general renowned as an early champion of physical activity for rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Divided into five teams generally by service \u2014 Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy\/Coast Guard and Special Operations Command \u2014 Warrior Games represents both individual competition and interservice rivalry, with seven events culminating in the Chairman&#8217;s Cup team championship and individual title of Ultimate Champion. Athletes are wounded warriors or other troops recovering from injuries or illnesses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Events include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Archery<\/li><li>Cycling<\/li><li>Shooting<\/li><li>Sitting volleyball<\/li><li>Swimming<\/li><li>Track and field<\/li><li>Wheelchair basketball<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marine Corps is in Colorado defending four straight Chairman&#8217;s Cup wins, but SOCOM&#8217;s athletes had something to say about that in their version of a pre-&#8220;games&#8221; huddle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the OTC grounds before the ceremonies, Army veteran\u00a0Victor Sassoon led his\u00a0SOCOM teammates in several lusty practice &#8220;boos&#8221;\u00a0directed at all less-prodigiously-bearded competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And that&#8217;s when we overheard our first\u00a0scoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Someone at\u00a0SOCOM\u00a0is hatching a plan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And we approve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A beard might have been glimpsed at the opening ceremonies, but with Assistant Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Jessica L. 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Rico Roman, who in turn set the torch on the OTC roof ablaze.<\/li><li>Army musicians performed a rousing medley of the five service anthems.<\/li><li>And Mark Goulart, principal at presenting sponsor Deloitte, announced a legacy donation campaign &#8220;with the goal of maintaining the military Paralympic programming that has been so important&#8221; these past years.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Competition officially began Sunday with the first four games of the sitting volleyball round-robin tournament. Air Force picked up wins against Army and SOCOM; and Navy topped SOCOM but fell to the Marine squad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We think this is going to be a great week at Warrior Games.\u00a0Undersecretary Wright, a self-described &#8220;Army guy&#8221; but necessarily &#8220;joint&#8221; this week thanks to her position under the SecDef, might have said it best:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You inspire me, and you inspire your fellow service members and your families and your friends. \u2026 It just simply gave me chills to see you march in.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keep checking back to see what we&#8217;re overhearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But most importantly: Get behind your team!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default-militarytimes.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default-militarytimes.jpg.jpg 640w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/default-militarytimes.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No single gymnasium deserves to bear witness to the depth of service pride on display at Sunday&#8217;s Warrior Games&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":92,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[92,15,16,88],"tags":[],"coauthors":[1908],"class_list":["post-115712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military-fitness","category-news","category-off-duty","category-your-military"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"Q56BECNLGRCM3CYY3BH46QOTH4","arc_canonical_url":"\/off-duty\/military-fitness\/2014\/09\/29\/socom-families-bring-on-the-beards-more-from-warrior-games\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>SOCOM families: Bring on the beards! 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