Protection Media Exercise (DMA) and ESPN are broadcasting the 2022 Division of Protection Warrior Video games to forces and households stationed abroad, and naval forces at sea, by way of the American Forces Community (AFN).
The 2022 Warrior Video games is being hosted by the U.S. Army and is going down in Orlando, Florida on Aug. 19-28 on the ESPN Vast World of Sports activities Complicated at Walt Disney World Resort. That is the primary time the DoD Warrior Video games has labored with Disney and ESPN Vast World of Sports activities.
The Warrior Video games, first held in 2010, celebrates the resiliency and dedication of wounded, in poor health and injured active-duty and veteran U.S. army service members as they compete in adaptive sporting occasions comparable to wheelchair basketball, biking, indoor rowing, wheelchair rugby, sitting volleyball and others.
“Masking the Warrior Video games is a particular mission for Protection Media Exercise and it’s an honor to be part of one thing so inspiring for our nation,” mentioned DMA Director, Mr. Hal Pittman. “Broadcasting the Video games world-wide by way of American Forces Community will give our American athletes nice publicity, whereas educating our international army pressure concerning the position of the Video games in help of our combat-wounded.”
AFN carries prime sports activities occasions on its two world-wide satellite-delivered tv sports activities channels to all factors of the globe. This yr AFN will ship recorded DoD Warrior Video games occasions together with its common choices from Main League Baseball, Main League Soccer, Girls’s Nationwide Basketball Affiliation Playoffs, the Little League World Collection, NASCAR and IndyCar races, Little League World Collection, World Wrestling Leisure, and lots of others.
AFN’s protection of the DoD Warrior Video games began on Saturday with the printed of the Friday Aug. 19 opening ceremonies. AFN will current finals video games and different key video games at some point of the Video games. The Video games shut on Aug. 28 and AFN will air closing ceremonies on AFN|sports2 on Aug 29.
