In athletic contests, Air Force wounded warriors find a family at Randolph
Brian Williams drives the ball during wheelchair basketball competition at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on Monday. Four teams of wounded warriors were competing for a chance to represent the Air Force at the 2022 Warrior Games in Orlando, Fla.Air Force Reserve Tech Sgt. Kevin Greene has felt at home on a basketball court since childhood, and it shows.
This week is all about making the cut, with Greene, retired Tech Sgt. Heather Robles, Carly Johnson and Garrett Kuwada vying on different teams for the chance to represent the Air Force at the Warrior Games against wheelchair basketball players from the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Special Operations Command.
Johnson has what she and other athletes call an “invisible” disability — PTSD, anxiety and a skin-picking disorder — all driven by a sexual assault at a base where she was stationed. She finds wheelchair basketball, and those in it, a refuge from a world that doesn’t always understand her. “I get to see Carly or anybody else that’s all part of the Air Force Wounded Warrior program.
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