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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Staff Sgt. Rey Edenfield (far right), an Air Force wounded warrior athlete, sprints toward the finish line with fellow competitors at the 2015 Department Of Defense Warrior Games at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va., June 23, 2015. The Warrior Games features athletes from throughout the Defense Department who compete in Paralympic-style events for their respective military branches.   (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)2015 DoD Warrior Games: Track events
                        
                        
                        Staff Sgt. Rey Edenfield (far right), an Air Force wounded warrior athlete, sprints toward the finish line with fellow competitors at the 2015 Department Of Defense Warrior Games at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Quantico, Va., June 23, 2015. The Warrior Games features athletes from throughout the Defense Department who compete in Paralympic-style events for their respective military branches. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Vernon Young Jr.)
                
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US Military Academy to host 2016 DOD Warrior GamesPublished Dec. 15, 2015
                    
                    By DoD News, Defense Media Activity
            **WASHINGTON (AFNS) --**The 2016 Department of Defense Warrior Games will be hosted at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, from June 14-22, according to DOD officials.
This is the first year the Army is hosting the Warrior Games, which is an annual sporting competition bringing together wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans from across the country.
"The United States Military Academy and the entire West Point Community are honored to host the 2016 DOD Warrior Games," said Lt. Gen. Robert Caslen, the superintendent. "These warrior-athletes competing in the games, who at one time answered their nation's call to service, exemplify the very best of America. They embody the resiliency, discipline, mental and physical toughness to overcome adversity and achieve their goals -- all traits we aspire to instill in our graduates, who will lead America's sons and daughters as Army officers."
DOD Warrior Games 2016 will feature eight sporting events: archery, cycling, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track and field, and wheelchair basketball in a paralympic-style competition. Approximately 200 athletes representing teams from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and U.S. Special Operations Command will compete. Each military service hosts trials in the months leading up to the games to determine their teams.
"The 2016 DOD Warrior Games will showcase the enduring strength of our service men and women who have overcome adversity and are using adapted reconditioning to become resilient warrior athletes. They represent the strength and resiliency of this great country," said Col. Chris Toner, the commander of the U.S. Army Warrior Transition Command and assistant surgeon general for warrior care and transition. "Warrior Games is an opportunity for the services to communicate their sacred obligation and enduring commitment to their wounded, ill and injured service members, their families and caregivers."  
Adaptive sports and athletic reconditioning activities play a fundamental role in recovery, rehabilitation and reintegration of service members back to their units or as they transition into the civilian sector.Follow the DOD Warrior Games Facebook page for up to date information:**www.facebook.com/warriorgames**.For more information on the wounded warrior program, visit**www.woundedwarrior.af.mil**.Warrior Games 



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