By Stacy Rzepka, Public Affairs Specialist, Blanchfield Army Community Hospital
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – The Fort Campbell Warrior Transition Battalion is hosting Warrior Games trials March 31 to April 17 at Fort Campbell, Ky. These preliminary trials will select active duty and veteran athletes to compete for a spot on the 40-person Army team in the 2014 Warrior Games at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs this October.
This Paralympic-style competition allows wounded, ill and injured athletes from all military branches to compete against one another in seven different events, including track and field, swimming, shooting, archery, cycling, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball.
Soldiers from Fort Campbell and local veterans will try out March 31 to April 3. Athletes will be selected to join Soldiers from Fort Stewart, Fort Benning and Fort Gordon, Ga. for the regional trials at Fort Campbell April 14 to 17.
Active duty Soldiers and veterans who meet the following criteria are eligible for the regional trials: permanent physical disabilities such as amputations, spinal cord injuries, visual impairments or permanent limb dysfunction as well as non-permanent injuries such as post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injuries or orthopedic injuries.
If you would like to try out for the Army Warrior Games team, contact the Fort Campbell Warrior Transition Battalion’s Adaptive Reconditioning Program at 270-956-4200 or email your contact information to bachpao@gmail.com. Soldiers assigned to Fort Campbell units and local veterans should sign up by March 24 for the local trials March 31 to April 3. Veterans may also sign up by April 7 for the regional trials April 14 to 17.
Community members are also invited to show their support for Army athletes by attending the trial events open to the public. Event times and locations are listed below and may also be found at www.facebook.com/BACH.Fort.Campbell.