More than Medals: The Warrior Games

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The Warrior Games are built around competition, but, for many participants, the medals are only part of the story. In this episode of Army Matters, LTG (Ret.) Leslie Smith and SMA (Ret.) Dan Dailey sit down with two Warrior Games competitors—CW3 Cody Edgerton of Team Army and SSG (Ret.) Andrew May of Team SOCOM (U.S. Special Operations Command)—to discuss adaptive sports, recovery, military identity, and what happens when servicemembers are forced to redefine what comes next due to illness or injury. For Edgerton, an aggressive cancer changed the trajectory of his military career, eventually bringing him into the Army Recovery Care Program and adaptive sports. May’s path to the Warrior…