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mm okay ,

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that isn't that

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Naval Medical Center San Diego where

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NMC SD hosted the 5th United States

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Olympic Committee Paralympics ,

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military sports camp . The sports camp

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is a three day event designed to

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introduce Paralympic sports to service

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members and veterans with disabilities ,

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52 wounded , ill or injured servicemen

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and women participated in the event as

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well as four Korean armed forces

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participants . The sports camp

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consisted of 10 events which was

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swimming , archery , sitting ,

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volleyball , basketball , strength and

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conditioning , cycling , track and

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field , rowing , biathlon and skiing .

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The military sports camp opens up their

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eyes to see and that they do have

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choices again . I mean they still can

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run , they still can do archery , they

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still can do biathlon , they can do

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what they want to do . It's going to be

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different obviously , but they still

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are gonna be able to do it . I'm

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paralyzed in the chest down so you know ,

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I don't have any balance and they

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showed me how to adapt from my balance ,

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not having any with certain events were

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going to basketball , which I think is

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gonna be pretty awesome and skiing ,

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which I never , I didn't do when I was

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walking , let alone , you know , now

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I'm in a wheelchair so I'm hoping I can

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get to do that . Bye , 75 sailors from

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the San Diego area volunteered with the

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Paralympic athletes , coaches and

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mentors to make the event a success .

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It's been a great experience for me to

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try out a dozen different sports over a

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span of a week when you're first

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injured , you have no idea what you can

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and can't do . But this opens up a

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whole world and says , hey , you can do

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pretty much anything you want to do .

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The event was organized by N . M . C .

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S . D . S , morale , welfare and

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recreation and health and wellness

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departments , along with the US

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paralympics , which is a division of

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the United States olympic committee

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from Naval Medical Center . San Diego .

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I'm Petty Officer Amanda kilpatrick .

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Yeah , Okay .

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Yeah .