Army Capt. Kelly Elminger works out in the Intrepid
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger works out in the Intrepid Center at San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, June 10, 2015 while training for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games. (DoD News... More
Air Force Capt. Christy Wise does squats as part of
Air Force Capt. Christy Wise does squats as part of a workout to help her recover from an above-knee amputation at the Intrepid Center ceremony at San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, June... More
Retired Army Spc. Haywood Range III poses for a photo
Retired Army Spc. Haywood Range III poses for a photo after a swimming event during the Army Trials for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games March 27, 2015 at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Athletes in t... More
Swimming Coach Bobby Brewer, a 10-time member of the
Swimming Coach Bobby Brewer, a 10-time member of the United States National Team and champion of the 100 meter backstroke in the 1998 United States Open and United States National Championships, gives retired A... More
Darrell Listin, a prosthetists at the Intrepid Center
Darrell Listin, a prosthetists at the Intrepid Center at San Antonio Military Medical Center, and Army Capt. Kelly Elminger discuss modifications to Elminger’s prosthetic at the center in San Antonio, Texas, Ju... More
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger reacts to a story being told
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger reacts to a story being told about her by her best friend Aaron Stewart at Elminger’s home in San Antonio, Texas, June 10, 2015. In the foreground are medals Elminger has earned in ada... More
Retired Army Spc. Haywood Range III swims backstroke
Retired Army Spc. Haywood Range III swims backstroke during Army Trials practice for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, March 28, 2015. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)
Ida Malone watches her husband, Navy Chief Petty Officer
Ida Malone watches her husband, Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone, as he checks for job offers in his email account before a training day begins for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games at Ventura County Naval Stat... More
Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone aims an arrow
Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone aims an arrow during the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games at Ventura County Naval Station Port Hueneme in Oxnard, Calif., May 31, 2015. Malone’s key to... More
The Elminger family and a best friend pray before dinner
The Elminger family and a best friend pray before dinner at Army Capt. Kelly Elminger’s home in San Antonio, Texas, June 10, 2015. From right clockwise are Army Capt. Kelly Elminger, mother Berti, daughter and ... More
Army wheelchair basketball Coach Rodney Williams watches
Army wheelchair basketball Coach Rodney Williams watches basketball team hopefuls during Army Trials practice for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, March 28, 2015. (D... More
Ida Malone, left, her husband, Navy Chief Petty Officer
Ida Malone, left, her husband, Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone, second from left, socialize with another family during the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games ends at Ventura County Nava... More
2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games Army Trials
Army Staff Sgt. Vestor "Max" Hasson races a hand cycle during the Army Trials for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games April 2, 2015, at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Athletes in the trials are competin... More
Ida Malone, left, helps her husband, Navy Chief Petty
Ida Malone, left, helps her husband, Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone, stretch before bicycling during the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games at Ventura County Naval Station Port Hueneme... More
Army National Guard Capt. Steve Bortle swims freestyle
Army National Guard Capt. Steve Bortle swims freestyle during Army Trials practice for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, March 28, 2015. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)
Jayden Elminger, 9, practices reading while her mother
Jayden Elminger, 9, practices reading while her mother Army Capt. Kelly Elminger, right, grandmother Berti, left, and and grandfather Mark look on at Jayden and Kelly’s home in San Antonio, Texas, June 10, 2015... More
Shundra Johnson, front, waits for her husband Coast
Shundra Johnson, front, waits for her husband Coast Guard Lt. Sancho Johnson to return from hand cycle training while their daughter Morgan, 9, plays in her father’s wheelchair during the Navy’s wounded warrior... More
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger uses a phone app to help
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger uses a phone app to help prepare her uniform for her promotion at her home in San Antonio, Texas, June 10, 2015. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger works out in the Intrepid
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger works out in the Intrepid Center at San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, June 10, 2015 while training for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games. (DoD News... More
Electrodes attached through a computer to Army Staff
Electrodes attached through a computer to Army Staff Sgt. Randi Gavell help generate a biometric efficient bicycle riding position customized to her needs during Army Trials practice for the 2015 Department of ... More
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger works out in the Intrepid
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger works out in the Intrepid Center at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas June 11, 2015 while training for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)
Army veteran Kawaiola Nahale swims backstroke during
Army veteran Kawaiola Nahale swims backstroke during Army Trials practice for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, March 28, 2015. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)
Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone leans and rests
Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone leans and rests on his wife, Ida, during the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games at Ventura County Naval Station Port Hueneme in Oxnard, Calif., June 3, 2... More
2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games Army Trials
Army Reservist Chasity Kuczer aims an arrow during the Army Trials for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games March 31, 2015 at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. She is competing this week at the Invictus Ga... More
Army veteran Ashley Anderson dives into a pool during
Army veteran Ashley Anderson dives into a pool during Army Trials practice for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, March 28, 2015. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)
Army Sgt. 1st Class Mike McPhail swims freestyle during
Army Sgt. 1st Class Mike McPhail swims freestyle during Army Trials practice for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, March 28, 2015. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)
Ida Malone and her husband, Navy Chief Petty Officer
Ida Malone and her husband, Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone, synchronize their calendars during the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games at Ventura County Naval Station Port Hueneme in Ox... More
Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone gives back
Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone gives back support to his wife and caregiver Ida Malone as she rides a recumbent bicycle for the first time during the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games... More
Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone briefly hitches
Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone briefly hitches a ride on his bicycle during the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games at Ventura County Naval Station Port Hueneme in Oxnard, Calif., May 3... More
Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone rides a bicycle
Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone rides a bicycle with the Navy's Department of Defense Warrior Games team along the Pacific Coast Highway near Malibu, Calif., May 30, 2015. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger, front left, her daughter
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger, front left, her daughter Jayden, her mother Berti, front right, and her father Mark, react to a camera at the bottom of their escalator upon the parents’ arrival at San Antonio Inter... More
Ida Malone, left, keeps her husband Navy Chief Petty
Ida Malone, left, keeps her husband Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone’s mood light as she helps him tape his fingers for archery during the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games at Ventura C... More
Ida Malone checks on her husband, Navy Chief Petty
Ida Malone checks on her husband, Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone, as the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games ends at Ventura County Naval Station Port Hueneme in Oxnard, Calif. June 3, ... More
Army Trials team tryouts and coaches for the 2015 Department
Army Trials team tryouts and coaches for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games huddle before basketball practice at Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas, March 28, 2015. (DoD News photo by EJ Hersom)
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger works out in the Intrepid
Army Capt. Kelly Elminger works out in the Intrepid Center at San Antonio Military Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas, June 10, 2015 while training for the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games. (DoD News ... More
Ida Malone texts her children while holding her husband
Ida Malone texts her children while holding her husband Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone’s hat while he is out for a bicycle ride during the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games at Ventura... More
Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone views his target
Navy Chief Petty Officer Averill Malone views his target at the archery range during the Navy’s training camp for the 2015 DoD Warrior Games at Ventura County Naval Station Port Hueneme in Oxnard, Calif., May 3... More