U.S Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Bryce Laake-Standfield, an athlete for Team Navy, left, and U.S Marine Maj. Yen Soto, an athlete for Team Marine Corps, shares an emotional moment during the Department of Defense Warrior Games uniform distribution July 15, 2025 at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Sakdaratanak Nong/Army)
The Department of Defense Warrior Games 2025 will feature members from all branches, including wounded warriors from the Space Force.
The two Guardians competing are Space Force Master Sgt. Christopher Borland, an operations support superintendent with Space Training and Readiness Command, and Senior Master Sgt. Brandon Duenas, who serves at the Pentagon.
The games — which include 200 wounded, ill and injured athletes that will compete in 11 adaptive sports — begin Friday and run through July 26.
The teams will compete in archery, cycling, field, indoor rowing, powerlifting, precision air sports, sitting volleyball, swimming, track, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby.
This year’s Warrior games happen to take place in Space Force’s backyard of Colorado Springs, Colo., at Colorado College. While Space Force Guardians are finally represented in this year’s games, they are competing within Air Force’s team. The other teams are Navy, Army, Marine Corps and SOCOM.
SOCOM remains the only combatant command formally represented in these games. The SOCOM team includes individuals from Army Special Operations Command, Naval Special Warfare Command, Air Force Special Operations Command and Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command.
The games will be broadcast on the official YouTube account: www.youtube.com/@DoDWarriorGamesOFFICIAL/streams.
U.S. Marines with Wounded Warrior Regiment gather for a picture in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 15, 2025. The 2025 DoD Warrior Games is an adaptive sports competition that celebrates the dedication of military service members resiliency in recovering from being wounded, injured, and or ill through a series of competitive sports that demonstrates the remarkable potential of our service members. (Cpl. Anthony C. Ramsey Jr./Marine Corps)
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Cpl. Travis Reyes, a recovering service member with the Wounded Warrior Regiment, poses for a photo during archery practice for the 2025 Department of Defense Warrior Games at the Archery School of the Rockies, Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 14, 2025. (Vincent Needham/Marine Corps)
U.S. Army Cpt. Samantha Frey draws her bow at archery practice during the 2025 Department of Defense Warrior Games practice sessions at Fort Carson, Colorado, July 13, 2025. (Spc. Samuel Signor/Army)
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Michaela Infante, an athlete for Team Navy, accepts her gear for the 2025 Department of Defense Warrior Games from an Under Armour representative at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado, July 15, 2025. (Cherish Little/Army)
U.S. Army Capt. Carlos Rivera shoots the basketball during drills at the wheelchair basketball practice, July 14, at Reid Arena, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, during the 2025 Department of Defense Warrior Games. (Charles Brock/Army)
U.S. Army Sgt. Bianca Hayden sets against a starting block for fitting at track practice during the 2025 Department of Defense Warrior Games at Fort Carson, Colorado, July 14, 2025. (Samuel Signor/Army)
U.S Air Force Master Sgt. Lyndie Stark, an athlete for Team Air Force, poses for a photo during the uniform distribution of the Department of Defense Warrior Games July 15th, 2025, at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado. T (Sakdaratanak Nong/Army)
Team Air Force participated in a week-long training camp in early June in preparation for the 2025 DoD Warrior Games to be held in July. (Melissa Bitter/Air Force Wounded Warrior Program)
U.S Marine Maj. Yen Soto, an athlete for Team Marine Corps, left, U.S Navy Petty Officer 1st Angela Harris, an athlete for Team Navy, middle, and U.S Marine Master Gunnery Sgt. Michael Harrold, an athlete for Team Marine Corps, pose for a group photo during the Department of Defense Warrior Games uniform distribution July 15, 2025, at the Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado. (Sakdaratanak Nong/Army)
