Warrior Profiles

A little about Me

Q. What are your short and long term goals (personal, professional, recovery-related, etc.)?
A. My primary goal is to regain the independence that I had in my life prior to the stroke. I’d like to be able to everything with little to no assistance.

Q. How did your Service’s Wounded Warrior Program (Warrior Transition Unit, Wounded Warrior Regiment, Other Service Wounded Warrior Unit) assigned or previously assigned to enhance your recovery?
A. The AFW2 program has helped in me in finding a sense of belonging and competition.

Q. What is the significance of sports/competition? How has it helped you? What does it mean to you?
A. That’s huge. With the adaptive equipment they allow us to be comeptivie. The siginifcance of the competition is, I’ve always had a competitive nature and I lost that when I got hurt. Now that they are allowing me to be competitive again it brings back a part of me that I lost a few years ago. It gives me a purpose to wake up every day.

Q. What advice do you have for future athletes?
A. Believe in yourself and don’t let anyone get in the way of your goals.

Q. How has adaptive reconditioning and sports helped in your transition and recovery? What adaptive reconditioning activities do you participate in?
A. Wearing the USAF uniform again itself is therapy for me.