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.