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A young athlete competing in the Washington Special

A young athlete competing in the Washington Special

A young athlete competing in the Washington Special Olympics extends high-fives to the supporting crowd as he and more than 2,800 athletes are welcomed to this year's SOWA games, May 30, 2014. JBLM has been h... More

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special Olympics on September 21, 2018. The event supported over 100 local athletes.

160130-N-EC099-169 BREMERTON, Wash. (Jan. 30, 2016)

160130-N-EC099-169 BREMERTON, Wash. (Jan. 30, 2016)

160130-N-EC099-169 BREMERTON, Wash. (Jan. 30, 2016) – Sailors assigned to Naval Hospital Bremerton observe and keep score during a qualifying basketball game for regionals during the 2016 Sub Regional Tournamen... More

Special-needs athletes and their Brave Buddy volunteers

Special-needs athletes and their Brave Buddy volunteers

Special-needs athletes and their Brave Buddy volunteers head toward their next scheduled sporting event during the Kadena Special Olympics Nov. 5, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th Wing commander Gen. J... More

Maj. Gen. Patrick Matlock, the commanding general for

Maj. Gen. Patrick Matlock, the commanding general for

Maj. Gen. Patrick Matlock, the commanding general for the 1st Armored Division and Fort Bliss, high fives a performer during the inaugural parade at the 2019 Special Olympics Texas Spring Games for Area 19, at ... More

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special Olympics on September 21, 2018. The event supported over 100 local athletes.

Mrs. Suad Al-Najar, owner of Al-Mubarakiya Farm, meet

Mrs. Suad Al-Najar, owner of Al-Mubarakiya Farm, meet

Mrs. Suad Al-Najar, owner of Al-Mubarakiya Farm, meet with members of the 304th Public Affairs Office to celebrate an event for children and young adults with special needs on Feb. 14, 2020. (U.S. Army Photo by... More

Brave Buddy volunteers run with Masato, a special-needs

Brave Buddy volunteers run with Masato, a special-needs

Brave Buddy volunteers run with Masato, a special-needs athlete, in a 50-meter dash event during the Kadena Special Olympics Nov. 5, 2016, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The KSO breaks down social barriers and crea... More

Sean Hoda, Area 3 athlete, and his sponsors, Airmen

Sean Hoda, Area 3 athlete, and his sponsors, Airmen

Sean Hoda, Area 3 athlete, and his sponsors, Airmen 1st Class Joseph Stephens and Andrew Deltaan, 336th Training Squadron students, pay their respects during the national anthem at the Special Olympics Mississi... More

A Special Olympics Athlete (left), and US Air Force Command CHIEF MASTER Sergeant Bruce Reid, 31ST Fighter Wing, Aviano Air Base, Italy, get ready to light the torch at the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics. Aviano's Community Special Games is an annual amateur sports competition organized in the spirit of the Special Olympics

A Special Olympics Athlete (left), and US Air Force Command CHIEF MAST...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Delia A. Castillo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors stationed in the Washington District of Columbia (DC) area join other local volunteers and cheer on a Special Olympics athlete as she competes in the running long jump competition. The 2006 Washington D.C. chapter Summer Special Olympics kicked off at Howard University. Special Olympics are an international nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition

US Navy (USN) Sailors stationed in the Washington District of Columbia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kristin Fitzsimmons, USN Release ... More

Patrol Squadron 8 Chief Logistics Specialist Rondey

Patrol Squadron 8 Chief Logistics Specialist Rondey

Patrol Squadron 8 Chief Logistics Specialist Rondey Harris, from Albany, Ga., left, runs with Special Olympian Tannai Teikko, and Aviation Ordnanceman 2nd Class James Coeman, a native of Middleburg, Fla., durin... More

Volunteers from Blanchfield Army Community Hospital

Volunteers from Blanchfield Army Community Hospital

Volunteers from Blanchfield Army Community Hospital and students and staff from Northeast Middle School give a cheer a before heading to their first events at the Special Olympics of Greater Clarksville Spring ... More

Special Olympian Eric Silva participates in the 2018

Special Olympian Eric Silva participates in the 2018

Special Olympian Eric Silva participates in the 2018 Special Olympics Torch Run at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., June 20, 2018. The annual event brings law enforcement from the community and the base together ... More

Special Olympic athletes from across Indiana gathered

Special Olympic athletes from across Indiana gathered

Special Olympic athletes from across Indiana gathered for the opening ceremony June 7, 2019, at the Hulman Center, Terre Haute, Indiana. This was the 50th anniversary for the Special Olympics. (U.S. Air Nationa... More

Missile Technician Seaman Freeman Harrison helps Special

Missile Technician Seaman Freeman Harrison helps Special

Missile Technician Seaman Freeman Harrison helps Special Olympics athlete Jacob Hunni during the tennis ball throw competition. Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay hosted the 17th annual Area 16 Georgia Special Olym... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Christopher Amrhein, 18th Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Christopher Amrhein, 18th Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Christopher Amrhein, 18th Wing vice commander, gives a medal to Mirai Tamanaha, a Kadena Special Olympics athlete, during the Kadena Special Olympics, Nov. 7, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan... More

More than 30 Marines from Security and Emergency Services

More than 30 Marines from Security and Emergency Services

More than 30 Marines from Security and Emergency Services Battalion and the Provost Marshal's Office participated in the 2018 Law Enforcement Torch Run in support of the Special Olympics on Marine Corps Base Ca... More

First Army Division East’s Staff Sgt. Oscar Rodriguez

First Army Division East’s Staff Sgt. Oscar Rodriguez

First Army Division East’s Staff Sgt. Oscar Rodriguez encourages an athlete during the Washington D.C. 2012 Summer Special Olympics. (U.S. Army photo by Tim Shannon)

Lt. Col. Michael Manning, Training Group deputy commander,

Lt. Col. Michael Manning, Training Group deputy commander,

Lt. Col. Michael Manning, Training Group deputy commander, present a gold medal to Joseph Tate, Area 16 athlete, during the Special Olympics Mississippi 2018 Summer Games at the Triangle Track at Keesler Air Fo... More

Dariece Steele, competing out of Olympia, comes in

Dariece Steele, competing out of Olympia, comes in

Dariece Steele, competing out of Olympia, comes in first during a wheelchair slalom race at the 2013 Special Olympics Summer Games at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., June 1. Athletes from all over the state of... More

A Special Olympics athlete dribbles a basketball down

A Special Olympics athlete dribbles a basketball down

A Special Olympics athlete dribbles a basketball down a designated area on the court while being timed to see how many points he can rack up toward his score. Marine Corps Air Station New River, in partnership ... More

Local Japanese athletes participate in a soccer game

Local Japanese athletes participate in a soccer game

Local Japanese athletes participate in a soccer game during the 2019 Special Olympics at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 13, 2019. The Special Olympics was held in order to provide Marines and Jap... More

Air Force Col. Susan Airola-Skully and Construction

Air Force Col. Susan Airola-Skully and Construction

Air Force Col. Susan Airola-Skully and Construction Electrician Constructionman Jarod Hubbard prepare to present medals and ribbons to the Special Olympics awardees. Hubbard, along with other Seabees assigned t... More

An athlete tosses a Frisbee through a hoop of the flying

An athlete tosses a Frisbee through a hoop of the flying

An athlete tosses a Frisbee through a hoop of the flying disc competition during the 40th Annual Kanto Plains Special Olympics at Yokota Air Base, Japan, June 1, 2019. The event played host to164 athletes from ... More

Airmen sponsors and athletes walk onto the Levitow

Airmen sponsors and athletes walk onto the Levitow

Airmen sponsors and athletes walk onto the Levitow Training Support Facility drill page during the Special Olympics Mississippi 2017 Summer Games opening ceremonies May 19, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss... More

Paola Mascot (left), Special Olympics Athlete and US Air Force AIRMAN First Class Diana Contreras, Computer Systems Apprentice, 603rd Air Control Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, share a tender moment after completion of a track/field event. Aviano's Community Special Games is an annual amateur sports competition organized in the spirit of the Special Olympics

Paola Mascot (left), Special Olympics Athlete and US Air Force AIRMAN ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Aviano Air Base State: Pordenone Country: Italy (ITA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Delia A. Castillo, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Comb... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Itumeleng Khasane (foreground left), 28th Maintenance Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB, South Dakota (SD), gives throwing tips to a Black Hills area resident while volunteering as a Coaches Assistant, during the Special Olympics Spring Games held in Sturgis, South Dakota. Special Olympics are an international, year-round program of sports training and competition for individuals with mental retardation

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN (AMN) Itumeleng Khasane (foreground left), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sturgis State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Louis Rivers, USAF Release Status: Released... More

Auska Itoman, Kadena Special Olympics athlete, thows

Auska Itoman, Kadena Special Olympics athlete, thows

Auska Itoman, Kadena Special Olympics athlete, thows a frisbee during the Kadena Special Olympics, Nov. 7, 2015 at Kadena Air Base, Japan. The KSO is sponsored by the 18th Wing and the Friends of Kadena Special... More

Airmen from the 107th Attack Wing, Niagara Falls Air

Airmen from the 107th Attack Wing, Niagara Falls Air

Airmen from the 107th Attack Wing, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York Air National Guard, participate in a torch run for the Special Olympics when it was brought on base, June 10, 2017. The torch was b... More

An athlete participates in a game of tennis during

An athlete participates in a game of tennis during

An athlete participates in a game of tennis during the Special Olympics Nippon Hiroshima at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 2, 2016. Activities held at the Special Olympics included basketball, fu... More

Local Japanese athletes participate in a race during

Local Japanese athletes participate in a race during

Local Japanese athletes participate in a race during the 2019 Special Olympics at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 13, 2019. The Special Olympics was held in order to provide Marines and Japanese f... More

Local Japanese athletes participate in a bicycle race

Local Japanese athletes participate in a bicycle race

Local Japanese athletes participate in a bicycle race during the 2018 Special Olympics at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 14, 2018. The Special Olympics was held in order to provide an oppo... More

U.S. Air Force Col. Lance Burnett, 81st Training Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Lance Burnett, 81st Training Wing

U.S. Air Force Col. Lance Burnett, 81st Training Wing vice commander, presents Airmen from the 336th Training Squadron a streamer for first place in the dorm decorating contest during the Special Olympics Missi... More

Military police carry a torch into Marine Corps Base

Military police carry a torch into Marine Corps Base

Military police carry a torch into Marine Corps Base Quantico during the Virginia Law Enforcement Torch Run on June 6, 2013. The police ran in support of the Special Olympics Summer Games which began on June 6, 2013.

A Special Olympics athlete takes a shot from one of

A Special Olympics athlete takes a shot from one of

A Special Olympics athlete takes a shot from one of six different positions around the court, one of many games offered at this year’s games. Marine Corps Air Station New River, in partnership with Special Olym... More

Akihito Ueshiro walks with a Japanese interpreter and

Akihito Ueshiro walks with a Japanese interpreter and

Akihito Ueshiro walks with a Japanese interpreter and Hugger in the parade during the opening ceremony of the 13th annual Kadena Special Olympics on Kadena Air Base, Nov. 17, 2012. More than 1,500 artists and a... More

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special Olympics on September 21, 2018. The event supported over 100 local athletes.

Airman Basic Mariano Pacada, 334th Training Squadron

Airman Basic Mariano Pacada, 334th Training Squadron

Airman Basic Mariano Pacada, 334th Training Squadron student, assists Carl Washington, Area 7 athlete, with decorating his hat during the Special Olympics Mississippi 2018 Summer Games at the Olympic Village at... More

LT. Robert Pate, 436th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, helps a student during the Special Olympics held at the School for the Visually Handicapped

LT. Robert Pate, 436th Tactical Fighter Training Squadron, helps a stu...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Alamogordo State: New Mexico (NM) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Joe Coleman Release Status: Released to Pu... More

After a long race, a Special Olympic escort (Right) cools down his athlete to prepare him for his next event. The Northern Santa Barbara County 1999 Special Olympics were held at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on April 17th, 1999. This image is seen in the April 1999 edition of AIRMAN Magazine

After a long race, a Special Olympic escort (Right) cools down his ath...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Release... More

Soldiers with 4th Battalion 1st Special Forces Group

Soldiers with 4th Battalion 1st Special Forces Group

Soldiers with 4th Battalion 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) assist an athlete during the squatting event at the Special Olympics on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wa., at the Evergreen Theater.

Construction Electrician Constructionman Philip Wall

Construction Electrician Constructionman Philip Wall

Construction Electrician Constructionman Philip Wall from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion (NMCB) 133 congratulates an athlete after his performance in a softball competition at the Region III Special Olympi... More

Local Japanese athletes participate in a race during

Local Japanese athletes participate in a race during

Local Japanese athletes participate in a race during the 2019 Special Olympics at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 13, 2019. The Special Olympics was held in order to provide Marines and Japanese f... More

U.S Air Force member Senior Airman Zak Bergstrom, of

U.S Air Force member Senior Airman Zak Bergstrom, of

U.S Air Force member Senior Airman Zak Bergstrom, of the 119th Security Forces Squadron, attempts a belly flop into a 34-degree Fahrenheit tank of water in 35-degree weather during the Polar Plunge fund raiser ... More

Local Japanese athletes and U.S. Marines participate

Local Japanese athletes and U.S. Marines participate

Local Japanese athletes and U.S. Marines participate in a soccer game during the 2019 Special Olympics at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 13, 2019. The Special Olympics was held in order to provid... More

Participants, volunteers and observers of the Kadena

Participants, volunteers and observers of the Kadena

Participants, volunteers and observers of the Kadena Special Olympics release balloons into the air as the games begin Nov. 7, 2015, at Kadena Air Base, Japan. Beginning in 2000 with approximately 400 athletes ... More

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special Olympics on September 21, 2018. The event supported over 100 local athletes.

Special Olympics athletes shake hands after a volleyball

Special Olympics athletes shake hands after a volleyball

Special Olympics athletes shake hands after a volleyball game during the Special Olympics Mississippi 2017 Summer Games at the Blake Fitness Center May 20, 2017, on Keesler Air Force Base, Miss. Keesler hosted ... More

Colonel Edward P. Frey, Commander, 475th Air Base Wing, and Brigadier General Richard J. Toner congratulate medal winners during the 1986 Special Olympics being held at Bonk Field. More than 1,200 military and civilian volunteers are helping during the event designed to improve the self-confidence of the mentally handicapped through sports and recreational experience

Colonel Edward P. Frey, Commander, 475th Air Base Wing, and Brigadier ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Pat Pounds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

During the annual Special Olympics held at Hickam, Air Force Base (AFB), Hawaii (HI), Octavio Peralta bowls a spare as volunteer Gary Iwatani, a teacher from Wainae Intermediate School, helps him line up

During the annual Special Olympics held at Hickam, Air Force Base (AFB...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Hickam Air Force Base State: Hawaii (HI) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: CIV Mic... More

FORT LEE, Va. (Nov. 19, 2018) -- Andrew Webber, an

FORT LEE, Va. (Nov. 19, 2018) -- Andrew Webber, an

FORT LEE, Va. (Nov. 19, 2018) -- Andrew Webber, an Army retiree, poses with the Ordnance School in the background recently. Webber, and his wife J.D., are the parents of an adult autistic son and have supported... More

Volunteers cheer 66 years old Ritsuko Higa, as she

Volunteers cheer 66 years old Ritsuko Higa, as she

Volunteers cheer 66 years old Ritsuko Higa, as she moves through a crowd during the Kadena Special Olympics on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2013. More than 1,300 artists and athletes participated in a variet... More

Michigan Army National Guard Staff Sgt. William Paine

Michigan Army National Guard Staff Sgt. William Paine

Michigan Army National Guard Staff Sgt. William Paine and retired Sgt. Teresa Hogle of the 144th Military Police Company "strike a pose" with athletes of Michigan Special Olympics Team Area 27 during the 2014 W... More

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Col. Reginald L. Hairston,

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Col. Reginald L. Hairston,

CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. -- Col. Reginald L. Hairston, commanding officer of SES Bn., Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Marine Corps Installations – West, receives the Special Olympics torch from runners of the O... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jose Gomez with the New Jersey

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jose Gomez with the New Jersey

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jose Gomez with the New Jersey Air National Guard's 253 Transportation Company, pauses for a picture with athletes participating in the Mini Javelin 300gr Women's division June 19, 2014. (U... More

Service members from the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy,

Service members from the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy,

Service members from the Air Force, Marine Corps, Navy, and Army prepare to run with the Flames of Hope Nov. 6 on Kadena Air Base, Okinawa, Japan. Military police and security forces ran torches from their resp... More

Tanai Teiko, a Special Olympics athlete from Morioka,

Tanai Teiko, a Special Olympics athlete from Morioka,

Tanai Teiko, a Special Olympics athlete from Morioka, Japan, aims a rubber ball at a hole during the 30th Annual Special Olympics at Misawa Air Base, Japan, Oct. 15, 2016. Including corn hold, the event held se... More

Cmdr. Timothy Knapp, Center for Naval Aviation Technical

Cmdr. Timothy Knapp, Center for Naval Aviation Technical

Cmdr. Timothy Knapp, Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Unit Keesler commanding officer, present a medal to Stevie McLaughlin, Area 17 athlete, for the 100 meter run during the Special Olympics Missis... More

Jason Williams, the Special Olympics program director

Jason Williams, the Special Olympics program director

Jason Williams, the Special Olympics program director for Central Texas, and athlete Sydney L. Weigand, 15, strike confident poses during the Paratroopers and Special Olympics event at Camp Swift, Texas, Sept 7... More

A California National Guard soldier provides directions

A California National Guard soldier provides directions

A California National Guard soldier provides directions to a Special Olympics World Games delegate at UCLA on July 24, the day many athletes and coaches moved into their dorms.

Logan McDonald, a former private first class in the

Logan McDonald, a former private first class in the

Logan McDonald, a former private first class in the Marine Corps, poses for a photo while carrying the torch to open the 2018 Special Olympic Mississippi at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 11, 2018. Th... More

Special Olympics track athletes celebrate a successful

Special Olympics track athletes celebrate a successful

Special Olympics track athletes celebrate a successful race on the awards podium at the Special Olympics Connecticut Summer Games at Yale University’s Dewitt Cuyler Athletic Complex in West Haven, Conn. June 9,... More

Members of the United Arab Emirates Special Olympics

Members of the United Arab Emirates Special Olympics

Members of the United Arab Emirates Special Olympics team tour U.S. military aircraft at the Dubai Airshow, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 18, 2019. Approximately 300 U.S. military personnel are participating in th... More

A father-daughter pair participates in a costume contest

A father-daughter pair participates in a costume contest

A father-daughter pair participates in a costume contest during the 8th Annual Special Olympics Polar Plunge at Onslow Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., Jan. 10. 2015. Over 400 people participa... More

Area 2volleyball team competes against Area 17 during

Area 2volleyball team competes against Area 17 during

Area 2volleyball team competes against Area 17 during the Special Olympics Mississippi 2018 Summer Games at the Blake Fitness Center at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 12, 2018. Founded in 1968, Specia... More

Brig. GEN. Richard J. Toner awards a bronze medal to a contestant during the 1986 Special Olympics being held at Bonk Field. More than 1,200 military and civilian volunteers are helping during the event designed to improve the self-confidence of the mentally handicapped through sports and recreational experience

Brig. GEN. Richard J. Toner awards a bronze medal to a contestant duri...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SENIOR AIRMAN Pat Pounds Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service... More

Family, friends and helpers gather around the finish line as a contestant in the 1986 Special Olympics completes a race. More than 1,200 military and civilian volunteers are helping during the event designed to improve the self-confidence of the mentally handicapped through sports and recreational experience

Family, friends and helpers gather around the finish line as a contest...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Ted Koniares Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digita... More

Thomas Escarsega (Center, foreground) competes in the 50 meter run. Motivational support from his escort, US Air Force AIRMAN Stuart Alvarado, helped Thomas receive a 1ST place in the event. The Northern Santa Barbara County 1999 Special Olympics were held at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on April 17th, 1999. This image is seen in the April 1999 edition of AIRMAN Magazine

Thomas Escarsega (Center, foreground) competes in the 50 meter run. Mo...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Release... More

Buellton, California Highway Patrolman Ken Hoyle (Right) congratulates Florence Camba on a fourth place finish in the 50 meter run during the Northern Santa Barbara County '99 Special Olympic Games. This year's Special Olympics were held at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California on April 17th, 1999. This image is seen in the April 1999 edition of AIRMAN Magazine

Buellton, California Highway Patrolman Ken Hoyle (Right) congratulates...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Vandenberg Air Force Base State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Jeremy T. Lock, USAF Release... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Vigil (left) 28th Maintenance Squadron, Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB, South Dakota (SD), gives a high-five to a Black Hills area resident while volunteering as a Coaches Assistant, during the Special Olympics Spring Games held in Sturgis, South Dakota. Special Olympics are an international, year-round program of sports training and competition for individuals with mental retardation

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) David Vigil (left) 28th Main...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Sturgis State: South Dakota (SD) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Louis Rivers, USAF Release Status: Released... More

US Navy (USN) Sailors stationed in the Washington District of Columbia (DC) area join other local volunteers and cheer on a Special Olympics athlete as she competes in the running long jump competition. The 2006 Washington D.C. chapter Summer Special Olympics kicked off at Howard University. Special Olympics are an international nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering individuals with intellectual disabilities to become physically fit, productive and respected members of society through sports training and competition

US Navy (USN) Sailors stationed in the Washington District of Columbia...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Washington State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: JO1 Kristin Fitzsimmons, USN Release ... More

Members from the 60th Security Forces Squadron receive

Members from the 60th Security Forces Squadron receive

Members from the 60th Security Forces Squadron receive "The Flame of Hope," an olympic torch passed from one law enforcement agency to the next, from the Fairfield Police Department, June 23 at Travis Air Force... More

Special Olympian Eric Silva holds the Special Olympics

Special Olympian Eric Silva holds the Special Olympics

Special Olympian Eric Silva holds the Special Olympics torch after completing a portion of the 2018 Special Olympics Torch Run at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., June 20, 2018. The annual event brings law enforc... More

A member of the United Arab Emirates Special Olympics

A member of the United Arab Emirates Special Olympics

A member of the United Arab Emirates Special Olympics team tours a U.S. Navy MH-53E Sea Dragon at the Dubai Airshow, United Arab Emirates, Nov. 18, 2019. Six UAE Special Olympics athletes toured U.S. Air Force ... More

Brig. Gen. Matt Molloy, 18th Wing commander, greets

Brig. Gen. Matt Molloy, 18th Wing commander, greets

Brig. Gen. Matt Molloy, 18th Wing commander, greets special needs athletes and artists as they arrive at the Risner Fitness Center for the 13th annual Kadena Special Olympics on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 17,... More

A child waiting to be screened by Pacific Partnership

A child waiting to be screened by Pacific Partnership

A child waiting to be screened by Pacific Partnership medical providers in order to compete in Samoan Special Olympics activities, shakes hands with U.S. Navy Capt. Wallace Lovely, Pacific Partnership 2013 miss... More

Special Olympic golf athletes and volunteers pose for

Special Olympic golf athletes and volunteers pose for

Special Olympic golf athletes and volunteers pose for a group photo at the Bay Breeze Event Center during the Special Olympics Mississippi 2018 Summer Games at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 12, 2018.... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Janis Petry, 81st

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Janis Petry, 81st

U.S. Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Janis Petry, 81st Diagnostic and Therapeutics Squadron, assists Grover Fairley, Area 1 athlete, and Carl Washington, Area 7 athlete, with lighting the caldron during the Specia... More

Special Olympians and Airmen with the 60th Security

Special Olympians and Airmen with the 60th Security

Special Olympians and Airmen with the 60th Security Forces Squadron finish a stage of the 2018 Special Olympics Torch Run in Vacaville, Calif., June 21, 2018. The annual event brings law enforcement from the co... More

Local Japanese athletes participate in a bicycle race

Local Japanese athletes participate in a bicycle race

Local Japanese athletes participate in a bicycle race during the 2018 Special Olympics at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 14, 2018. The Special Olympics was held in order to provide an oppo... More

Local Japanese athletes and U.S. Marines participate

Local Japanese athletes and U.S. Marines participate

Local Japanese athletes and U.S. Marines participate in games of bowling at the Strike Zone Bowling Center at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan during the 2019 Special Olympics at MCAS Iwakuni, Jap... More

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special Olympics on September 21, 2018. The event supported over 100 local athletes.

U.S. Pfc. Andrew R. Zook of the 304th Public Affairs

U.S. Pfc. Andrew R. Zook of the 304th Public Affairs

U.S. Pfc. Andrew R. Zook of the 304th Public Affairs Detachment participate in an dairy eating contest in the U.S. Central Command region Feb. 14, 2020. Zook participated in the game to show support for the dis... More

161030-N-SH284-056 SILVERDALE, Wash. (Oct. 30, 2016)

161030-N-SH284-056 SILVERDALE, Wash. (Oct. 30, 2016)

161030-N-SH284-056 SILVERDALE, Wash. (Oct. 30, 2016) Petty Officer 1st Class Pete Eala, from Honolulu, interacts with athletes as he keeps score during a Special Olympics bowling tournament held at All Star Lan... More

Calvin Santos, Special Olympics of Guam athlete, receives

Calvin Santos, Special Olympics of Guam athlete, receives

Calvin Santos, Special Olympics of Guam athlete, receives the second place medal for the shot put event during the 37th Annual Special Olympics of Guam Track and Field event at Okkodo High School in Dededo, Gua... More

Honduran Special Olympics athletes compete in a soccer

Honduran Special Olympics athletes compete in a soccer

Honduran Special Olympics athletes compete in a soccer match at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, Oct. 26, 2013. Joint Task Force-Bravo partnered with Special Olympics-Honduras and the Honduran Air Force to host th... More

161030-N-SH284-085 SILVERDALE, Wash. (Oct. 30, 2016)

161030-N-SH284-085 SILVERDALE, Wash. (Oct. 30, 2016)

161030-N-SH284-085 SILVERDALE, Wash. (Oct. 30, 2016) Petty Officer 2nd Class Melanie Davis keeps score during a Special Olympics bowling tournament held at All Star Lanes and Casino. More than 28 Sailors volunt... More

Men and women of the W.Va. National Guard volunteered

Men and women of the W.Va. National Guard volunteered

Men and women of the W.Va. National Guard volunteered at the Special Olympics Summer Games, held June 7-9 in Charleston, W.Va., where more than 700 athletes competed. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sara Yoke)

Special-needs athletes and artist release balloons

Special-needs athletes and artist release balloons

Special-needs athletes and artist release balloons during the 14th annual Kadena Special Olympics on Kadena Air Base, Japan, Nov. 2, 2013. The Kadena Special Olympics is a one-day sporting and entertainment eve... More

A Special Olympics athlete takes a shot from one of

A Special Olympics athlete takes a shot from one of

A Special Olympics athlete takes a shot from one of six different positions around the court, one of many games offered at this year’s games. Marine Corps Air Station New River, in partnership with Special Olym... More

Lt. Col. Robert W. Matthews, commander of 385th Military

Lt. Col. Robert W. Matthews, commander of 385th Military

Lt. Col. Robert W. Matthews, commander of 385th Military Police Battalion, 16th Military Police Brigade and Directorate of Emergency Services at Fort Stewart, Ga., thanks local law enforcement for running with ... More

Chief Master Sgt. Jill Higgins, 81st Dental Squadron

Chief Master Sgt. Jill Higgins, 81st Dental Squadron

Chief Master Sgt. Jill Higgins, 81st Dental Squadron superintendent, presents a medal to Reagan Ratcliff during the Special Olympics Mississippi 2018 Summer Games at the Gaude Lanes Bowling Center at Keesler Ai... More

Local Japanese athletes participate in a bicycle race

Local Japanese athletes participate in a bicycle race

Local Japanese athletes participate in a bicycle race during the 2018 Special Olympics at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Iwakuni, Japan, Oct. 14, 2018. The Special Olympics was held in order to provide an oppo... More

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special Olympics on September 21, 2018. The event supported over 100 local athletes.

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special

Joint Base Cape Cod hosted the Massachusetts Special Olympics on September 21, 2018. The event supported over 100 local athletes.

While Yokota Air Base (AB) hosted the 2004 Special Olympics, several local organizations competed in different athletic events and are rewarded with medals for their performances. Koucihi Matsunaga from the Tomisato group located in Chiba-Ken demonstrates his enthusiasm during the traditional cheer during the medal presentations

While Yokota Air Base (AB) hosted the 2004 Special Olympics, several l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Yokota Air Base Country: Japan (JPN) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Heather M. Norris, USAF Release Status: Release... More

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John Trainor with the 119th

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John Trainor with the 119th

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class John Trainor with the 119th Combat Service Support Battalion, New Jersey Army National Guard and U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Budenas with the 108th Air Refueling Wing's Security For... More

Chief Antonio Williams (right), chief of civilian police,

Chief Antonio Williams (right), chief of civilian police,

Chief Antonio Williams (right), chief of civilian police, U.S. Army Garrison-Hawaii, is inducted into the Special Olympics hall of fame during the 30th Annual Troy Barboza Law Enforcement Torch Run May 29, here.

190402-M-ZA072-0029 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (April 6,

190402-M-ZA072-0029 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (April 6,

190402-M-ZA072-0029 CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (April 6, 2019) Commodore of Training Air Wing Four Capt. Kevin Delano congratulates an athlete during the opening ceremony of South Texas Special Olympics Spring Games... More

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