Name: Gwen Sheppard Rank when retired/separated: Major Age: 49 Hometown: Brown Deer, Wisc. Current residence: Brown Deer, Wisc. Years in service: 27 Injury/disability: Degenerative disc disease, injured knee, post-traumatic stress disorder and tumid lupus Sport/sports: Archery, shooting, and sitting volleyball. What do the Warrior Games mean to you? The Warrior Games helped me get back active and competing again. It changed my life 360 degrees. I work with the Milwaukee Department of Recreation, and we’ve started a shoot

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Name: Gwen Sheppard Rank when retired/separated: Major Age: 49 Hometown: Brown Deer, Wisc. Current residence: Brown Deer, Wisc. Years in service: 27 Injury/disability: Degenerative disc disease, injured knee, post-traumatic stress disorder and tumid lupus Sport/sports: Archery, shooting, and sitting volleyball. What do the Warrior Games mean to you? The Warrior Games helped me get back active and competing again. It changed my life 360 degrees. I work with the Milwaukee Department of Recreation, and we’ve started a shooting program for disabled veterans, and I was instrumental I starting that. It was because of the Warrior Games that I was able to do that. ( Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Bennie J. Davis III) Athlete Portraits_ Gwen Sheppard by AirmanMagazine

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