By Fort Campbell Public Affairs
FORT BLISS, Texas – 2015 Army Trials will be at Fort Bliss, Texas, in El Paso, March 29 – April 2, and is the second run of this event. The 2015 Department of Defense (DoD) competition is slated for this summer.
In 2014 more than 100 wounded, ill and injured service members and Veterans from across the United States traveled to the U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., to train and compete for the first time in a series of competitive athletic events known as the Army Trials*. The Army Trials help determine which Army athletes compete on the DoD competition Army Team.
The DoD competition brings athletes representing all branches of the military together competing in seven sports: archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track and field and wheelchair basketball.
To Compete
Army Trials are open to Soldiers in WTUs, Soldiers who were in WTUs and returned to active duty, and WTU Soldiers who transitioned to Veteran status.
For information about competing contact the WTC Adaptive Reconditioning Office: usarmy.pentagon.medcom-wtc.list.adaptive-sport-branch@mail.mil.