Name: Claude Owens Rank when retired/separated: staff sergeant Age: 40 Hometown: Beavercreek, Ohio Current residence: Beavercreek, Ohio Years in service: 14 Injury/disability: Post-traumatic stress disorder and spinal cord injury Sport/sports: Basketball, sitting volleyball, and track and field What do the Warrior Games mean to you? The Warrior Games is a chance to feel important and part of a team again. What motivated you to try out for the Air Force Warrior Games team? My boys motivate me to show them I still have got it.

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Name: Claude Owens Rank when retired/separated: staff sergeant Age: 40 Hometown: Beavercreek, Ohio Current residence: Beavercreek, Ohio Years in service: 14 Injury/disability: Post-traumatic stress disorder and spinal cord injury Sport/sports: Basketball, sitting volleyball, and track and field What do the Warrior Games mean to you? The Warrior Games is a chance to feel important and part of a team again. What motivated you to try out for the Air Force Warrior Games team? My boys motivate me to show them I still have got it. ( Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III) Athlete Portraits_ Claude Owens by AirmanMagazine

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