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2021 DoD Warrior Games
The official page for Team Marine Corps in the 2021 DoD Warrior Games. The games will be held at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, Sept. 12-22, 2021.

US Marine Corps Announces

2021 DoD Warrior Games Team

Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va. – Approximately 250 wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans will participate in the eleventh annual Department of Defense Warrior Games at the ESPN Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida, Sept. 12-22, 2021. Participants will represent teams from the U.S. Marine Corps, Navy, Army, Air Force, Space Force, Special Operations Command, and two international teams from Georgia and Ukraine.

The 2021 DoD Warrior Games, hosted by the U.S. Army, will feature 12 adaptive sports: archery, cycling (both road race and time trials), precision air sports (formerly known as shooting), sitting volleyball, swimming, track, field, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby, indoor rowing, powerlifting, and golf.

It is with great pleasure that the U.S. Marine Corps’ Wounded Warrior Regiment announces the following Marines as competitors for Team Marine Corps:

Staff Sgt. Carlos Cruz-Tejeda

Staff Sgt. Alyssa Ackerman

Staff Sgt. Cade Allen

Staff Sgt. Jimmart Amamio

Gunnery Sgt. Raymond Archer

Staff Sgt. Michael Barefoot

Capt. Thomas Benge

Staff Sgt. David Benitez

Sgt. Andrew Blackburn

Staff Sgt. Stacey Blackburn-Hoelscher

Cpl. Faheemah Bostan-Ali

Master Sgt. Don Burns

Staff Sgt. Gregory Dessert

Staff Sgt. Robert Dominguez

Staff Sgt. Joel Dumbacher

Staff Sgt. Adam Foutz

Staff Sgt. William Galentine

Lance Cpl. Luis Garcia

Master Sgt. Dorian Gardner

Master Sgt. Jackson Goins

Gunnery Sgt. Peter Haraldsen

Lance Cpl. KC Higer

Cpl. Andrew Holliday

Sgt. Peter Lykins

Cpl. Patrick Macdonald

Lance Cpl. Saul Martinez

Sgt. Brady Meeler

Staff Sgt. Jason Pacheco

Staff Sgt. Jorge Pelaez

Staff Sgt. Courtney Petersen

Capt. Stephen Phillips

Lance Cpl. Wesley Pincince

Staff Sgt. Danielle Pothoof

CWO Gabriel Potter

Staff Sgt. Eliny Rodriguez

Master Sgt. Johnathan Rose

Cpl. Brandon Rumbaugh

Staff Sgt. Ryne Ratti

Sgt. Douglas Smith

Sgt. Nicholas Spencer

Capt. Jeremy Spray

Cpl. Quinton Umberger

Staff Sgt. Bianca Villavicencio

Cpl. Devon Webster

Cpl. Audrey Wilkinson

Gunnery Sgt. John Williams

These recovering service members embody the professionalism and warrior ethos necessary to aide themselves and their fellow Marines in their journeys to recovery.

“Being selected for Team Marine Corps is a tremendous achievement and testament to the efforts of each Marine and their families, caretakers, and support network,” said Col. Bret Hyla, Commanding Officer of the Wounded Warrior Regiment. “The Warrior Games is only one portion of the journey to recovery that we all witness. Every single day, these Marines have been driving forward toward recovery. I am extremely proud of their dedication to healing and thriving, despite the unique obstacles they all face. Congratulations, Marines!”

Established in 2007, the Wounded Warrior Regiment provides leadership and ensures compliance with laws and DoD instructions related to the support, recovery, and non-medical care of combat and non-combat wounded, ill, and injured Marines, Sailors attached to Marine units, and their family members in order to maximize their recovery as they return to duty or transition to civilian life. The regimental headquarters, located in Quantico, Virginia, oversees the operations of two Wounded Warrior battalions located at Camp Pendleton, California, and Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, as well as multiple detachments in locations around the globe.

For more information on the DoD Warrior Games, visit www.dodwarriorgames.com. For more information on the Wounded Warrior Regiment, find us on social media at www.facebook.com/wwr.usmc and www.twitter.com/USMCWWR.