WEBVTT 00:02.799 --> 00:04.910 So what makes a wounded war ? How you 00:06.670 --> 00:08.781 the Air Force Wounded Warrior program 00:08.781 --> 00:11.619 is a program for severely ill injured 00:11.630 --> 00:14.119 and wounded members of the Air Force as 00:14.130 --> 00:15.963 well as the Space Force and that 00:15.963 --> 00:18.241 includes active duty Reserve and Guard . 00:19.069 --> 00:21.600 They are a program that allows members 00:21.610 --> 00:24.020 after experiencing unfortunate events 00:24.069 --> 00:26.579 or illnesses in their life . It , it 00:26.590 --> 00:28.780 allows them to either return to duty 00:28.790 --> 00:30.901 provides resources for that return to 00:30.901 --> 00:34.740 duty as well as a help in transition . 00:34.750 --> 00:36.750 Should the return to duty not be an 00:36.750 --> 00:40.569 option ? My name is Tech 00:40.580 --> 00:42.636 Sergeant Sloan Pacheco . I am active 00:42.636 --> 00:44.691 duty Air Force and airman leadership 00:44.691 --> 00:46.802 school instructor at Davis Malton Air 00:46.802 --> 00:48.802 Force Base and an air force wounded 00:48.802 --> 00:50.840 warrior ambassador . My name is Ian 00:50.849 --> 00:52.580 Spreen . I am an outreach and 00:52.590 --> 00:54.590 ambassador coordinator with the Air 00:54.590 --> 00:57.880 Force Wounded Wire program . When a 00:57.889 --> 01:00.056 member first um attends our first care 01:00.056 --> 01:02.750 event , they are assigned to a track 01:02.759 --> 01:04.759 and if they chose adaptive sports , 01:04.759 --> 01:06.870 they learn a little bit of wheelchair 01:06.870 --> 01:09.092 rugby , wheelchair basketball , sitting 01:09.092 --> 01:12.470 volleyball among other sports . And if 01:12.480 --> 01:14.702 it's something that they are passionate 01:14.702 --> 01:16.924 about and they find um a lot of healing 01:16.924 --> 01:19.258 and therapy and being part of that team , 01:19.400 --> 01:22.010 they have the opportunity to uh attend 01:22.019 --> 01:24.239 the air force wounded warrior trials 01:24.319 --> 01:27.660 where they can earn a spot on the air 01:27.669 --> 01:29.780 force wounded warrior team to compete 01:29.780 --> 01:33.739 in the dod for your games . So the 01:33.750 --> 01:35.750 air Force trials is where wars will 01:35.750 --> 01:38.110 compete and they'll compete to be on 01:38.120 --> 01:40.120 the air force team and from the air 01:40.120 --> 01:42.176 force team , they'll do , they'll do 01:42.176 --> 01:44.398 training from as a team , the war games 01:44.398 --> 01:46.509 training and then they will go to the 01:46.509 --> 01:48.509 Warrior Games which will be held in 01:48.509 --> 01:50.529 2024 at the ESPN Complex at Disney 01:50.540 --> 01:50.980 World 01:54.220 --> 01:57.150 with the adaptive sports . It meets the 01:57.160 --> 01:59.309 warrior where they're at . So for 01:59.319 --> 02:01.319 cycling , we have upright , we have 02:01.319 --> 02:03.430 hand cycling , we have recumbent . So 02:03.529 --> 02:06.519 it's not just for able bodies , right ? 02:06.529 --> 02:08.696 It's for everybody . It's adaptable uh 02:08.696 --> 02:12.529 for a reason because the doctors , they 02:12.539 --> 02:14.600 patch them up and the wound warrior 02:14.610 --> 02:17.509 program helps them in the recovery and 02:17.520 --> 02:20.039 build a sense of purpose . When you get 02:20.130 --> 02:21.852 your , you have a new normal . 02:21.852 --> 02:23.574 Sometimes finding a purpose is 02:23.574 --> 02:25.910 difficult and the warrior program helps 02:25.919 --> 02:28.086 these warriors get a purpose . Again . 02:31.259 --> 02:33.259 If you ever come to a car event , I 02:33.259 --> 02:35.259 want you to look around and look at 02:35.259 --> 02:37.990 faces . What you're gonna see is smiles , 02:38.330 --> 02:41.210 lots of smiles . Um There's a lot of 02:41.220 --> 02:43.679 breakthroughs and I won't expand on 02:43.690 --> 02:45.912 what those are , but there are a lot of 02:45.912 --> 02:48.023 breakthroughs throughout the week and 02:48.023 --> 02:50.134 that is really what I would say . The 02:50.134 --> 02:52.270 community is in the wound wire program .