Gabe George first competed in the Warrior Games in 2019.
Since then, he agreed to foster four of his sister's children, on top of raising his own daughter. Outside the home, the retired Navy hospital corpsman teaches pickleball to veterans, races sailboats and is a scuba diver.
Then in February 2020, George had his right arm amputated — 12 years after losing feeling in the limb following a motorcycle accident.
So when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of the Warrior Games the past two years, George was so busy that any feelings of disappointment didn't fester for long.
“I didn't have time to sit and wallow,” George told Military.com.
Hosted by the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, the 2022 Department of Defense Warrior Games are scheduled for Aug. 19-28 at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida. Comedian Jon Stewart, a veterans advocate, will host the opening and closing ceremonies.
Teams of wounded, ill or injured service members and veterans from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Special Operations Command, along with athletes from Canada and Ukraine, will compete in archery, cycling, indoor rowing, powerlifting, shooting, sitting volleyball, swimming, track and field, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby. Golf will be staged as an exhibition.
“I was really humbled when I went to the Invictus Games [and was] able to watch the power of adaptive sports on individual recovery,” Warrior…
