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Injured UK Troops Battle To Be The Best In America

The 2015 Warrior Games are underway at the US Marine Base in Quantico, Virginia.

For the next five days wounded, ill and injured service personnel and veterans from the US and Great Britain will battle it out on the sports field.

The Warrior Games, founded in 2010, is a Paralympic-style competition that features eight adaptive sports for wounded, ill, and injured service members and veterans from the U.S. Army, Marine Corps, Navy/Coast Guard, Air Force, Special Operations Command, and the British Armed Forces.

This year marks the first time the United States Department of Defense has taken responsibility for operational planning and coordination of the event, in which approximately 250 athletes are expected to compete.

Picture: DVIDS / U.S. Marine Corps / Lance Cpl. Terry W. Miller Jr.