Team Navy/Coast Guard begins #warriorgames 2012 acclimation week.

Team Navy/Coast Guard Kick Off 2012 Warrior Games Training Week

navy.mil 26 Apr '12, 4pm

Team Navy/Coast Guard begins #warriorgames 2012 acclimation week.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (NNS) -- The Team Navy/Coast Guard warrior athletes competing in the 2012 Warrior Games began a week of pre-competition training in Colorado Springs, Colo. utilizing training facilities at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Peterson Air Force Base, and other local venues, April 24. The one-week training camp will help the athletes acclimate to the 7,000-foot altitude and team build, both essentials when competing for gold against more than 200 service member athletes from the Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, Special Operations Command, and the United Kingdom. Navy Safe Harbor care manager Lt. Branden Marty said there are difficulties the athletes have during the training camp. "They are tired having come off flights and just getting used to being here. The first day is tough - they are tired. The rust was falling off." It was Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class ...

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