THEWARRIORGAMES: The Warrior Games have taken place annually since 2010. The event was created by the United States Olympic Committee and hosted through 2014 at the United States Olympic and Paralympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Britain's Prince Harry, at the time serving as a Captain and helicopter pilot in the British Army, opened the 2013 Games, which inspired him to create the Invictus Games, an international counterpart to the Warrior Games with national representations. In 2015 the Department of Defense took over the organization of the Games, rotating responsibility for conducting the games amongst the services and the Special Operations Command. The 2015 Games were hosted by the Marine Corps in Quantico; 2016 by the Army at West Point; 2017 by the Navy in Chicago; 2018 in Colorado at The Air Force Academy; and, 2019 in Tampa at Special Operations Command. The 2020 Games are currently scheduled to take place in San Antonio, Texas, hosted by the Marine Corps. The growth of the military adaptive sports effort as a result of Prince Harry’s Invictus initiative has also resulted in international participation in our own Warrior Games, with teams from Australia, Great Britain, Canada, Denmark and The Netherlands traveling to the United States to participate This organic growth of the Warrior Games into an international event, combined with the inherent purpose of insuring this event keeps the sacrifice of our service men and women in the public consciousness, highlights the very clear opportunity to solidify its future with highly engaged media, venue and corporate partners who will support the Games on a long term basis, creating the stability and continuity necessary for sustainable excellence and eventually parlay into a successful bid for the United States to host the international Invictus Games. THE PRO FOOTBALL HALL OF FAME PARTNERSHIP: Dav id Baker, President & CEO of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has a powerful perception of the impact of the veterans and player relationship. He sees the veterans as a special community of “Team” members connecting to NFL “Teams” who are teaching "the players of the NFL who the real heroes are" and where humility, sacrifice and leadership are core values.
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