WEBVTT 00:00.067 --> 00:02.143 - [Interviewer Offscreen] Please state your name, your rank, 00:02.143 --> 00:04.230 and please state your dog's name. 00:04.230 --> 00:06.520 - My name is Beth Grauer, staff sergeant retired 00:06.520 --> 00:09.333 with the Marine Corps, and my dog's name's Cali. 00:09.333 --> 00:11.703 - [Interviewer Offscreen] Please spell your first and last 00:11.703 --> 00:13.319 name and your dog's name. 00:13.319 --> 00:16.350 - First name Beth, B-E-T-H. 00:16.350 --> 00:20.170 Last name Grauer, G-R-A-U-E-R, 00:20.170 --> 00:22.193 and Cali, C-A-L-I. 00:23.588 --> 00:24.697 - [Interviewer Offscreen] Okay, now can you 00:24.697 --> 00:28.660 (background noise drowns out sound). 00:28.660 --> 00:32.860 - My hometown is Hoisington, Kansas, 00:32.860 --> 00:36.363 and I reside in Palm Bay, Florida. 00:41.138 --> 00:41.971 - [Interviewer Offscreen] Can you please tell me 00:41.971 --> 00:44.740 a little bit about the Warrior Games? 00:44.740 --> 00:49.140 - It is where branch upon branch compete against each other. 00:49.140 --> 00:52.640 Wounded, ill and injured service members compete 00:52.640 --> 00:55.107 in different Paralympic-type sports. 01:00.547 --> 01:01.980 - [Interviewer Offscreen] And what sports are you 01:01.980 --> 01:03.577 participating in? 01:03.577 --> 01:07.463 - Field, so discus, shot put, power lifting and swimming. 01:13.584 --> 01:14.417 - [Interviewer Offscreen] Describe what it means 01:14.417 --> 01:17.700 to you to be a part of the Warrior Games. 01:17.700 --> 01:21.763 - As a veteran, once you're out of active duty, 01:22.930 --> 01:24.320 to come back to the Warrior Games, 01:24.320 --> 01:26.660 it's having a family again, 01:26.660 --> 01:31.030 to be able to be camaraderie, around fellow Marines again, 01:31.030 --> 01:32.953 it's just, it's amazing. 01:34.747 --> 01:36.339 - [Interviewer Offscreen] Can you talk a little bit more 01:36.339 --> 01:40.319 about the (mumbles) that you have (mumbles) 01:40.319 --> 01:43.742 with the different branches (mumbles) 01:43.742 --> 01:46.610 maybe (mumbles) that you (mumbles)? 01:46.610 --> 01:47.443 - Yes, sir. 01:48.640 --> 01:52.140 You try to, once you come here, the object 01:52.140 --> 01:56.078 is to make new friends, new contacts, 01:56.078 --> 02:00.640 and I have with every sport I've done, 02:00.640 --> 02:03.310 it's been against other countries or other branches, 02:03.310 --> 02:06.950 and it kinda opens your eyes on how 02:08.050 --> 02:10.510 other branches in other countries go about 02:11.780 --> 02:14.820 either when they're active duty or once they're out, 02:14.820 --> 02:16.900 how they cope with each other 02:16.900 --> 02:20.373 and how this means to them, too. 02:23.797 --> 02:25.354 - [Interviewer Offscreen] What do those (mumbles) 02:25.354 --> 02:27.920 expect to take place (mumbles) Warrior Games? 02:27.920 --> 02:28.759 - What's that? 02:28.759 --> 02:29.769 I'm sorry, sir. 02:29.769 --> 02:30.860 - [Interviewer Offscreen] What do people take away 02:30.860 --> 02:32.337 from the Warrior Games (mumbles)? 02:33.350 --> 02:37.130 - That no matter your injury, illness, there's a way 02:37.130 --> 02:39.010 you can still live life. 02:39.010 --> 02:39.843 You can adapt. 02:39.843 --> 02:41.700 Adaptive sports saved my life, 02:41.700 --> 02:45.130 and other military members, service members, 02:45.130 --> 02:48.570 or people just in general that have any type of disability, 02:48.570 --> 02:51.290 you can still get out, have fun, 02:51.290 --> 02:52.690 no matter what the sport is. 02:56.554 --> 02:57.387 - [Interviewer Offscreen] What advice would you give 02:57.387 --> 02:59.109 to those people who want to participate 02:59.109 --> 03:01.208 in the Warrior Games? 03:01.208 --> 03:04.280 - Make sure you're practicing, you're ready to go, 03:04.280 --> 03:08.140 you're competitive, but yet you're open to other 03:09.110 --> 03:11.060 advice from other service members. 03:11.060 --> 03:14.930 They may have the same illness, injury you do, 03:14.930 --> 03:17.140 and they have different ways of coping, 03:17.140 --> 03:19.981 and so make sure you're practicing, you're training, 03:19.981 --> 03:21.417 and just give it your all. 03:21.417 --> 03:22.590 - [Interviewer Offscreen] All right, thank you very much 03:22.590 --> 03:23.777 (mumbles). 03:23.777 --> 03:24.610 - Thank you. 03:24.610 --> 03:25.443 - [Interviewer Offscreen] Is there anything else 03:25.443 --> 03:26.276 you'd like to add? 03:26.276 --> 03:27.109 - No, sir. 03:27.109 --> 03:28.256 - [Interviewer Offscreen] Okay, thank you very much. 03:28.256 --> 03:29.256 - Thank you.