World T.E.A.M. Sports

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Snowbird Resort, Utah, February 23, 2012: For a wounded warrior retiring from America’s armed services, transition to civilian life is a series of challenges. Leaving behind their military support network, the veterans return to a nation that is appreciative of their efforts, but perhaps not fully understanding of the complex physical and [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Holbrook, New York, February 22, 2012: Crossing North America by bicycle is an athletic feat remembered for a lifetime by those who accomplish the task. For disabled veterans who cross the continent with hand cycles and recumbent bicycles, the accomplishment is life changing. In the summer of 2010, 16 wounded warriors rode [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Boulder, Colorado, February 20, 2012 – At the February 18 Boulder International Film Festival premiere of “High Ground,” the capacity audience showed their appreciation of the moving and emotional documentary. Following the screening, the audience stood and applauded filmmaker Michael Brown and the wounded warriors who participated in World T.E.A.M. Sports’ October [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Boulder, Colorado, February 14, 2012 – The February 18, 2012 release of the feature documentary “High Ground,” chronicling World T.E.A.M. Sports’ successful October, 2010 expedition to Nepal’s Himalayan Mountains, provides an opportunity for the public to experience a remarkable journey of wounded warriors facing exceptional challenges. “From the start, we hoped this [...]

TRIBUO EGO LIBERTAS VEL TRIBUO EGO EXCESSUM Liberty, the freedom to act or believe without being stopped by unnecessary force. Cincinnati, Ohio native Nicholas Robert Allen likes to live life to its fullest. As a teenager, he “went on road trips all over the country. I have been to almost every state, been to a [...]

William “Brad” Beard is a veteran of both the US Marine Corps, for which he served from 1996 to 2000, and of the US Army, for which he served from 2000 through 2009. Married to his wife Jennifer, with a son, daughter and two dogs, the Vicksburg, Mississippi resident enjoys “anything outdoors,” including hunting and [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Boulder, Colorado, February 9, 2012 – In October, 2010, a team of 11 wounded warriors successfully climbed 20,075 foot Lobuche East, an ice and snow covered peak near Mount Everest in Nepal. The feature documentary chronicling the World T.E.A.M. Sports’ Soldiers to the Summit expedition, High Ground, will premiere February 18 as [...]

BY RICHARD RHINEHART Boston, Massachusetts, February 7, 2012 – Boston’s fabled TD Garden hosted two basketball games on February 5. In one contest, the Boston Celtics easily beat the Memphis Grizzlies 98-80. In the second contest, no score was kept, but the participating youth had the experience of a lifetime. For the fifth year, the [...]

It is fair to call Victor Montiel a patriot. Spending six and one-half years in the service of the United States, Montiel left his family and employment to serve his adopted country as a Marine. Born in Mexico City, Montiel moved to the United States as a child. “I grew up with a strong understanding [...]

Tom Chaney made a career of serving in the Air Force. “My first duty station was at Ramstein AFB, Germany and then when coming state side, I was stationed at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico.” “I was a Security Force Member in the Air Force,” Chaney reports, “But then I retrained into be a Fire Truck [...]