TIME Magazineのインスタグラム(time) - 6月23日 22時20分

More than 600,000 Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans have been left partially or totally disabled from physical or psychological wounds received during their service. And their families, too, have felt the aftershocks of war here at home, witnessing a loved one suffer and doing everything they can to help—even when everything isn’t enough. That’s what makes the Defense Department’s Warrior Games so important. The 270 Wounded Warriors competing in a variety of sports over 10 days at the Marine Corps Base in Quantico, Virginia, come from every branch of military service. What they have in common is the will to overcome.

Army sergeant Nicholas Titman (left) suffers from degenerative disc disease. “After my injury, I was told I would never be able to compete in sports at the level I had before. Volleyball, track and basketball were always a huge part of my life, and I knew that I would not settle for anything less than being back on the court and track. In 2014 I was placed in the Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Carson, Colorado and given the time I needed for my healing and recovery. The day I arrived I knew that I would be able to focus on getting back into the sports I loved so much.” Army corporal Jasmine Perry (right) lost her left leg during a training exercise on Fort Caron, Colorado. “My amputation has made me more resilient,” she says. “It built me up mentally; I can handle just about anything mentally. It humbles you. It tests your character. It shows what type of person you really are and how you will overcome.” Read their stories and that of 13 other Wounded Warriors on time.com/wounded-warriors.

Photograph by Erik Tanner (@eriktanner) for TIME.

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