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Special Operations Team Responds Well to Last-Minute Call to Warrior Games
The 18 members of the Special Operations team view their team’s last minute addition to the Warrior Games as a welcome challenge! Though only having a few weeks to practice together, they’re already...
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Marine Corps Trials Build More than Just a Team
More than 300 wounded, ill and injured Marines are currently competing in seven Paralympic sports at the 2nd Annual Marine Corps Trials in Camp Pendleton, Calif. The Marines are hunting for 50 of their...
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What’s in a Name?
A name is something that you get from your Mom and Dad. It is something you hear when your teacher calls on you. You hear it when your brothers or sister want help with a chore or they want you …...
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Warrior Spirit Revealed on First Day of Games
The Warrior Games kicked off Tuesday with five cycling events here at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Both the Army and Marine teams finished with six medals. Army with two gold,...
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And a Rivalry is Born
“A-R-M-Y might stand for Aren’t Ready to beat the Marines Yet,” explained an anonymous Team Marine fan at the 2012 Warrior Games in Colorado Springs on Tuesday. After a narrow Marine victory over Army...
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The Warrior Games Experience
The 2012 Olympic Games are just months away. Olympic hopefuls and returning medalists are beginning to appear in advertisements, television talk shows and on billboards across the country. Their...
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Better than Superman
In Colorado Springs, an 11-year-old boy explains why he attended the 2012 Warrior Games. “I came here to see my hero,” he said, chest puffed out. “Superman can dodge a bullet, but my dad can actually...
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Blinded EOD Tech to Swim on U.S. Paralympic Team
U.S. Paralympian and wounded warrior Navy Lt. Brad Snyder can swim 100 meters in less than a minute. That’s almost Michael Phelps-fast. Even if the 28-year-old explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) officer...
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What the Blind Can Do
If you have followed this blog since the start of the summer you have read some pretty remarkable stories of wounded veterans using adaptive sports to get their lives back. You read about the story of...
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USO San Diego Supports Marine Corps Trials
The Marine Corps has kicked off its competitive selection process to find 50 athletes to represent the service at the fourth annual Warrior Games — a Paralympics-style competition for wounded, ill and...
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2013 Warrior Games Highlights
The fourth annual Warrior Games has come to a close in Colorado Springs, and though it was close competition with the Army in every event, the Marines brought home the Chairman’s Cup once again....
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Special Spring Moments at the USO
USO Helps 2 Deployed Soldiers Witness Birth of Sons via Skype AFGHANISTAN–USO Bagram had the special pleasure of helping two soldiers welcome their baby boys into the world this week via Skype! Spc....
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29 Facts You May Not Know for the Marine Corps’ 239th Birthday
Everyone knows the meaning of semper fidelis. But today, the USO takes a look at 29 other Marine Corps facts that may surprise you on the service’s 239th birthday: 1. Marines often pin their next...
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Photos: USO Supporting Wounded Warriors at the Marine Corps Trials
CAMP PENDLETON, California–The road to the Warrior Games starts here. More than 300 wounded Marines, veterans and international troops from 10 countries are competing at the Marine Corps Trials in...
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