Army Announces 2013 Warrior Games Team

Army News Service

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- The Warrior Transition Command announced the Army team for the 2013 Warrior Games Wednesday.

Wounded, ill and injured soldiers and veterans trained and competed for months to be one of 50 athletes representing the Army team. Army athletes will compete against Marines Corps, Navy/Coast Guard, Air Force, Special Operations Command, and United Kingdom teams, May 11-16, at the U.S. Olympic Training Center and U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

The Paralympic-style competition for wounded, ill and injured service members allows athletes to compete for gold medals in shooting, swimming, archery, sitting volleyball, cycling, track and field and wheelchair basketball. In addition to winners in each event, Warrior Games feature a pentathlon format Ultimate Warrior competition and the Chairman's Cup which is awarded to the team with the highest medal score.

Warrior Games showcase the resilient spirit of wounded, ill, and injured service members from all branches of the military who have overcome significant physical and behavioral health challenges.

The 2013 Army Warrior Games Team:

• Charles Allen -- Army veteran
• Spc. Quintarious Almon -- Community Based Warrior Transition Unit-Alabama
• Staff Sgt. Spencer Anderson II -- Fort Carson, Colo.
• Sgt. Joshua Andrew -- Warrior Transition Unit, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash.
• Maj. John Arbino -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Belvoir, Va.
• Charles Armstead -- Army veteran
• Spc. Alaina Barnes -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Knox, Ky.
• Capt. Frank Barroqueiro -- Community Based Warrior Transition Unit-Florida
• Spc. Jon Brancheau -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Bliss, Texas
• Staff Sgt. David Carte -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Bliss, Texas
• Ashley Crandall -- Army veteran
• Staff Sgt. Krisell Creager-Lumpkins -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Carson, Colo.
• Maj. Thomas Davis -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
• Lt. Col. Daniel Dudek -- Warrior Transition Command, Alexandria, Va.
• Staff Sgt. Carlton Duncan -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Bragg, N.C.
• Chanda Gaeth -- Army veteran
• Master Sgt. Rhoden Galloway -- Warrior Transition Command, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
• James Green Jr. -- Army veteran
• Michael Grover-- Army veteran
• Capt. Lacey Hamilton -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Meade, Md.
• Chief Warrant Officer 2 Alan Hart -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Gordon, Ga.
• Sean Hook -- Army veteran
• Michael Kacer -- Army veteran
• Sgt. Sean Karpf -- Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.
• Staff Sgt. Michael Lage -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
• Jeremy Lee -- Army veteran
• Margaux Mange -- Army veteran
• Sgt. Delvin Maston -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
• Chad McDuffee -- Army veteran
• Sgt. Ryan Mcintosh -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
• Blake McMinn -- Army veteran
• Staff Sgt. Anthony Misuraca -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Gordon, Ga.
• Sgt. Edward Patton Jr. -- Community Based Warrior Transition Unit-Florida
• Michael Phillips -- Army veteran
• Spc. Quinton Picone -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Sam Houston, Texas
• Anthony Pone -- Army veteran
• Perry Price -- Army veteran
• Luis Puertas -- Army veteran
• Will Reynolds -- Army veteran
• Staff Sgt. Nathan Robbins -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Bliss, Texas
• Anthony Robinson -- Army veteran
• JR Salzman -- Army veteran
• Sgt. 1st Class Keoki Smythe -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Carson, Colo.
• Juan Soto -- Army veteran
• Sgt. Monica Southall -- Community Based Warrior Transition Unit-Virginia
• Lance Thornton -- Army veteran
• Spc. Elizabeth Wasil -- Fort Carson, Colo.
• Jessie White -- Army veteran
• Staff Sgt. Curtis Winston -- Hawaii
• Sgt. Kendall York -- Warrior Transition Unit, Fort Bragg, N.C.

The Warrior Transition Command, or WTC, is a major subordinate command under the U.S. Army Medical Command. WTC's mission is to develop, coordinate and integrate the Army's Warrior Care and Transition Program for wounded, ill and injured soldiers, veterans and their families.

For more information on the Warrior Transition Command or the Army's Warrior Games team visit: www.WTC.army.mil, follow on Facebook at http://facebook.com/armyWTC or Twitter at http://twitter.com/armyWTC.