Tuesday Health.mil News Round-Up: Face of Defense: Nurse Beats Cancer, Readies for Warrior Games; Medics to help Warrior Games athletes compete at highest levels; Monday Motivational Message: Feel the Heat!

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06/23/2015

Face of Defense

Face of Defense: Nurse Beats Cancer, Readies for Warrior Games

Army Capt. Kelly Elmlinger, a fierce competitor, mother and cancer survivor, will be competing in all of the women’s wheelchair track events and all of the women’s classified swimming events at this year’s DoD Warrior Games held at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, today through June 28.

 

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Medics to help Warrior Games athletes compete at highest levels

Professionals from the military’s medical school are on hand to support the athletes of the 2015 Department of Defense Warrior Games that began Friday, June 19, at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Virginia, and run through June 28. The Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) in Bethesda, Maryland, is helping by coordinating care from physicians, physical therapists and medics who belong to the school and who are traveling to the games from other bases. 

 

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Monday Motivational

Monday Motivational Message: Feel the Heat!

When I was 12 years old, my great-grandmother moved in with us so she wouldn't be alone. All her life, she was a Mississippi farmer and country living was all she ever knew. When the weather got hot, she opened the windows to stay cool. When the weather got cold, she chopped wood and built a fire to stay warm. 

 

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