Army Recovery Care Program announces Team Army for 2026 Warrior Games
FALLS CHURCH Va., – March 18, 2026 – The Army Recovery Care Program is proud to announce the members of Team Army who will compete at the 2026 Warrior Games in San Antonio, Texas, June 13-20.
Hosted by the U.S. Army’s Transformation and Training Command, approximately 200 service members and qualifying veterans from across the United States will compete in Paralympic-style adaptive sporting events.
The friendly competition fosters camaraderie and highlights competitors’ ability to recover, adapt and overcome, reflecting the Warrior Ethos and the resilience of wounded, ill and injured Soldiers.
Team Army is comprised of 40 wounded, ill and injured Soldiers and veterans whose strength and perseverance reflect the Army’s commitment to readiness and recovery through adaptive sports.
Established in 2010, the Warrior Games is a national annual military adaptive sports competition that celebrates the valor, recovery, and resilience of wounded, ill, and injured service members and qualifying veterans, using the power of the Games to drive healing, empowerment, and renewed purpose.
Service members and veterans from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, Coast Guard, and Special Operations Command will compete in the 2026 Warrior Games.
Competitors will go head-to-head in eleven adaptive sports: archery, cycling, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, sitting volleyball, shooting, swimming, track, wheelchair basketball, and wheelchair rugby.
The active duty and veteran athletes selected to represent Team Army at the 2026 Warrior Games are:
Staff Sgt. Daniel Agosto
Sgt. 1st Class (Ret.) Alberto Alvarez
Capt. Luis Avila
Capt. Eric Blake
Cpl. Delas Bush
Staff Sgt. (Ret.) Gene Calantoc
Staff Sgt. Justin Callison
Sgt. Austin Coppola
Staff Sgt. Jose Corona
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Cody Edgerton
Maj. Amanda Feindt
Master Sgt. Aaron Frederick
Sgt. Nathanael Gepford
Sgt. 1st Class Charles Harris
Sgt. 1st Class David Hong
Spc. (Ret.) Nicole Klein
1st Lt. Jacob Malven
Staff Sgt. (Ret.) Nathaniel Mateo
Chief Warrant Officer 5 (Ret.) Richard McCormick
1st Lt. Jani Merritt
Capt. (Ret.) Channda Mitchell
Master Sgt. (Ret.) Christopher Morago
Master Sgt. Ruth Morris
Capt. Vanessa Munro
Master Sgt. Eric Patton
Master Sgt. Jodi Pyle-Vandersys
Staff Sgt. Brittany Ramsey
Staff Sgt. Mary Rangel
Capt. Carlos Rivera-Agnew
Staff Sgt. Xavier Rodgers
Spc. (Ret.) Jeyson Ruiz
Spc. Adrian Saenz
Sgt. Tukiau Salanoa-Tuioti
Staff Sgt. Chelsey Scott
Sgt. Elon Smith
Capt. (Ret.) Tony Smith
Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jonathan Tallman
Sgt. 1st Class (Ret.) Valerie Watkins
Staff Sgt. Brittany Wolfe
Staff Sgt. Paul Zimmerman
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