1 00:00:02,799 --> 00:00:04,910 So what makes a wounded war ? How you 2 00:00:06,670 --> 00:00:08,781 the Air Force Wounded Warrior program 3 00:00:08,781 --> 00:00:11,619 is a program for severely ill injured 4 00:00:11,630 --> 00:00:14,119 and wounded members of the Air Force as 5 00:00:14,130 --> 00:00:15,963 well as the Space Force and that 6 00:00:15,963 --> 00:00:18,241 includes active duty Reserve and Guard . 7 00:00:19,069 --> 00:00:21,600 They are a program that allows members 8 00:00:21,610 --> 00:00:24,020 after experiencing unfortunate events 9 00:00:24,069 --> 00:00:26,579 or illnesses in their life . It , it 10 00:00:26,590 --> 00:00:28,780 allows them to either return to duty 11 00:00:28,790 --> 00:00:30,901 provides resources for that return to 12 00:00:30,901 --> 00:00:34,740 duty as well as a help in transition . 13 00:00:34,750 --> 00:00:36,750 Should the return to duty not be an 14 00:00:36,750 --> 00:00:40,569 option ? My name is Tech 15 00:00:40,580 --> 00:00:42,636 Sergeant Sloan Pacheco . I am active 16 00:00:42,636 --> 00:00:44,691 duty Air Force and airman leadership 17 00:00:44,691 --> 00:00:46,802 school instructor at Davis Malton Air 18 00:00:46,802 --> 00:00:48,802 Force Base and an air force wounded 19 00:00:48,802 --> 00:00:50,840 warrior ambassador . My name is Ian 20 00:00:50,849 --> 00:00:52,580 Spreen . I am an outreach and 21 00:00:52,590 --> 00:00:54,590 ambassador coordinator with the Air 22 00:00:54,590 --> 00:00:57,880 Force Wounded Wire program . When a 23 00:00:57,889 --> 00:01:00,056 member first um attends our first care 24 00:01:00,056 --> 00:01:02,750 event , they are assigned to a track 25 00:01:02,759 --> 00:01:04,759 and if they chose adaptive sports , 26 00:01:04,759 --> 00:01:06,870 they learn a little bit of wheelchair 27 00:01:06,870 --> 00:01:09,092 rugby , wheelchair basketball , sitting 28 00:01:09,092 --> 00:01:12,470 volleyball among other sports . And if 29 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:14,702 it's something that they are passionate 30 00:01:14,702 --> 00:01:16,924 about and they find um a lot of healing 31 00:01:16,924 --> 00:01:19,258 and therapy and being part of that team , 32 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:22,010 they have the opportunity to uh attend 33 00:01:22,019 --> 00:01:24,239 the air force wounded warrior trials 34 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,660 where they can earn a spot on the air 35 00:01:27,669 --> 00:01:29,780 force wounded warrior team to compete 36 00:01:29,780 --> 00:01:33,739 in the dod for your games . So the 37 00:01:33,750 --> 00:01:35,750 air Force trials is where wars will 38 00:01:35,750 --> 00:01:38,110 compete and they'll compete to be on 39 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,120 the air force team and from the air 40 00:01:40,120 --> 00:01:42,176 force team , they'll do , they'll do 41 00:01:42,176 --> 00:01:44,398 training from as a team , the war games 42 00:01:44,398 --> 00:01:46,509 training and then they will go to the 43 00:01:46,509 --> 00:01:48,509 Warrior Games which will be held in 44 00:01:48,509 --> 00:01:50,529 2024 at the ESPN Complex at Disney 45 00:01:50,540 --> 00:01:50,980 World 46 00:01:54,220 --> 00:01:57,150 with the adaptive sports . It meets the 47 00:01:57,160 --> 00:01:59,309 warrior where they're at . So for 48 00:01:59,319 --> 00:02:01,319 cycling , we have upright , we have 49 00:02:01,319 --> 00:02:03,430 hand cycling , we have recumbent . So 50 00:02:03,529 --> 00:02:06,519 it's not just for able bodies , right ? 51 00:02:06,529 --> 00:02:08,696 It's for everybody . It's adaptable uh 52 00:02:08,696 --> 00:02:12,529 for a reason because the doctors , they 53 00:02:12,539 --> 00:02:14,600 patch them up and the wound warrior 54 00:02:14,610 --> 00:02:17,509 program helps them in the recovery and 55 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,039 build a sense of purpose . When you get 56 00:02:20,130 --> 00:02:21,852 your , you have a new normal . 57 00:02:21,852 --> 00:02:23,574 Sometimes finding a purpose is 58 00:02:23,574 --> 00:02:25,910 difficult and the warrior program helps 59 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,086 these warriors get a purpose . Again . 60 00:02:31,259 --> 00:02:33,259 If you ever come to a car event , I 61 00:02:33,259 --> 00:02:35,259 want you to look around and look at 62 00:02:35,259 --> 00:02:37,990 faces . What you're gonna see is smiles , 63 00:02:38,330 --> 00:02:41,210 lots of smiles . Um There's a lot of 64 00:02:41,220 --> 00:02:43,679 breakthroughs and I won't expand on 65 00:02:43,690 --> 00:02:45,912 what those are , but there are a lot of 66 00:02:45,912 --> 00:02:48,023 breakthroughs throughout the week and 67 00:02:48,023 --> 00:02:50,134 that is really what I would say . The 68 00:02:50,134 --> 00:02:52,270 community is in the wound wire program .