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Warrior Games: Recovery, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration
Medal of Honor recipient Florent Groberg leads a panel on the significance of the Warrior Game competitions, and the journey from injury to reintegration in the Armed Forces. Limited number of seats available for this program.
The Department of Defense (DoD) Warrior Games introduce wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans to Paralympic-style sports. The Warrior Games showcase the resilient spirit of today’s wounded, ill or injured service members from all branches of the military. After overcoming significant injuries and illnesses, these athletes prove that life can continue after becoming wounded, ill and injured.
The 2017 Warrior Games are being held in Chicago to increase awareness of the Games and the significance of the Department of Defense's Wounded Warrior Program.
FLORENT GROBERG is the director of veterans outreach and the Eastern region community engagement in Boeing’s Global Corporate Citizenship organization. He is responsible for developing and implementing a company-wide giving and engagement strategy for Boeing’s support of military veterans and their families. He also leads Boeing’s community engagement in the Eastern region and is based in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining Boeing, Groberg served as an official spokesperson for LinkedIn where he was responsible for the promotion of LinkedIn’s veterans program.
Groberg's military career began in July 2008 upon enlisting in the United States Army. After completing officer training and both U.S. Army Airborne and U.S. Army Ranger Schools, he was assigned to the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado, serving as a platoon leader. After rising in the ranks following progressively more challenging assignments, Groberg was promoted to the rank of Army captain in July 2012.
Groberg is a recipient of the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military honor, for his extraordinary gallantry, intrepidity, and heroism while serving in combat operations in Afghanistan in 2012. In addition to the Medal of Honor, his awards and decorations include the Bronze Star with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster; the Purple Heart; the Meritorious Service Medal; the Army Commendation Medal; the Army Achievement Medal with one Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster; the Afghanistan Campaign Medal with three Bronze Service Stars; the Global War on Terrorism Medal; the National Defense Service Medal; the Army Service Ribbon; the Overseas ServiceRibbon; the NATO Medal; the Combat Infantryman Badge; the U.S. Army Parachutists Badge;the U.S. Army Ranger Tab; and the Meritorious Unit Commendation. He holds a bachelor’s degree in criminology and criminal justice from the University of Maryland, College Park.
KENNETH FISHER is the Chairman and CEO of Fisher House Foundation, an organization best known for a network of comfort homes where military and veterans’ families can stay at no cost while a loved one is receiving medical treatment. The homes are located at major military and VA medical centers, close to the medical center it serves. Ken has overseen the construction of 71 Fisher Houses throughout the United States and has expanded operations to Germany and the United Kingdom. Ken served as Chairman of the Invictus Game’s Organizing Committee for the 2016 games in Orlando. The Invictus Games uses the power of sport to inspire recovery, support rehabilitation and generate a wider understanding and respect for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women. Working with Prince Harry, the Games’ Founding patron, Ken led the effort to bring the Invictus Games to the United States.
In 2012, Ken’s commitment and service was recognized with the Defense Distinguished Public Service Award, the Department of Defense’s highest civilian honor.
VICE ADMIRAL C. FORREST FAISON, III is the 38th Surgeon General of the United States Navy. Prior to reporting to this assignment, Faison served as the deputy surgeon general of the Navy and deputy chief, Bureau of Medicine and Surgery and served as commander, Navy Medicine West and Naval Medical Center (NMC) San Diego.
Faison is board certified in Pediatrics and is an associate clinical professor of pediatrics at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He has several publications on neurodevelopmental outcomes of premature infants as well as other publications and book chapters on the topics of the future of Wounded Warrior care and use of telemedicine and health informatics in healthcare.
A senior member of the American College of Physician Executives, Faison’s personal awards include the Navy Distinguished Service Medal (two awards), Legion of Merit (five awards); Meritorious Service Medal (3 awards); Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal, and Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal and numerous unit and campaign awards.
Faison received his bachelor's degree from Wake Forest University and his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He completed postgraduate training at Naval Hospital San Diego and fellowship training in neurodevelopmental pediatrics at the University of Washington.
LIEUTENANT ANDREW P. HOYLE is a chaplain in the United States Navy. He began his Navy career in Newport, Rhode Island where he attended Officer Development School. Chaplain Hoyle was assigned to the USS LEYTE GULF and deployed from June 2014 to January 2015 with the ship in support of Operation Active Endeavor, NATO’s Standing NATO Maritime Group Two counter-piracy operation in the Mediterranean. He then served as Destroyer Squadron 22 Chaplain before being assigned to USS CARNEY from 2015 to 2016. He is currently assigned to USS GONZALEZ.
Prior to entering Naval service, he has served a pastoral staff at Calvary Baptist Church in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania from 2003 until 2007, and Tabernacle Baptist Church in Virgina Beach, Virginia from 2007 until 2013.
Chaplain Hoyle received a Bachelor’s degree from Ambassador Baptist College, Lattimore, North Carolina and completed his Masters of Divinity with a concentration in Biblical Languages from Tabernacle Baptist Seminary, Virginia Beach, Virginia. As a licensed and ordained Independent Baptist minister, the Fundamental Baptist Fellowship International has endorsed Chaplain Hoyle for military chaplaincy. His personal decorations include the Navy Commendation Medal (two awards), and the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal.