by Jenn Vieira | Jul 17, 2017 | Invictus Games Guest Blog |
Veteran. Served in Anti-Terrorist Operation (ATO) zone in East Ukraine from April 09, 2014, to March 25, 2015 I served with the 51st Separate Mechanized Brigade, 3rd Communications Platoon of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. I was a driver. I was injured passing through...
by Jacquelyn Mayo | Apr 4, 2017 | Invictus Games Guest Blog |
My continuing journey to recovery…. I was finally given the OK in November last year to go home after spending two years in the hospital, away from my family. After about 15 operations and contracting a staph infection, which resulted in the amputation of my right...
by Jacquelyn Mayo | Apr 4, 2017 | Invictus Games Guest Blog |
Rachel Bannerman is an undergraduate student at studying political science, ethics and Drama at the University of Toronto. She has been a Vimy Ambassador since the program began in 2015 and hopes to continue her work with historians and service people around the...
by Jacquelyn Mayo | Mar 14, 2017 | Invictus Games Guest Blog |
Veteran. Served in Iraq in 2000–2003, 2004–2006; in ATO zone in the East Ukraine in 2015–2016 I entered the Lviv Military Lyceum when I was 14. I served in the Kyiv Special Unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, the peacekeeping mission in Iraq and the helicopter...
by Jacquelyn Mayo | Mar 3, 2017 | Invictus Games Guest Blog |
In 2003, I was deployed to Afghanistan with the NZSAS [New Zealand Special Air Service]. While on operation, I drove over a land mine, destroying the vehicle and sustaining serious injuries. The accident resulted in lower amputation to my left leg, fractures to my...
by Jacquelyn Mayo | Feb 13, 2017 | Invictus Games Guest Blog |
As an educator, sport enthusiast, working mother and community volunteer, the Invictus Games fulfill so many areas of my life. When speaking to my children or my students, the topic of the military can sometimes be a sensitive subject and the Games allow us to see...
