I swung by the Citizen-Soldier of the Year Award presentation earlier this week, but the focus of my story was on the keynote address. For those interested in Air Force Tech. Sgt. Juan Colon, the man who won the award, click below.

The airman with the 446th Airlift Wing really has done a lot for his community and deserved the recognition:

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For those who enjoyed today’s article on the Paralympics camp with soldiers from the Warrior Transition Battalion, you might appreciate this e-mail from Paul Wensley. He’s the vice present of the Commencement Bay Rowing Club, which hosted the adaptive rowing event with the soldiers.

He writes:

Laura Schwanger (bronze medal adaptive rower at the Beijing Paralympics) believed this event had the largest number of AR rowers on the water of any event so far in the United States. CBRC (ironic name as we row on American Lake) has been trying for over a year to start a continuing year-round AR program for military and civilians with disabilities, and despite the success of yesterday's event we are still uncertain if this will happen.

Our main problem is not the lack of effort/support from our incredibly generous members, as you could see from the numbers of local volunteers on a weekday/workday, but simply making enough people aware of our existence.

So if you’re interested in learning more about the club, click here.