Thomas Deaton

Thomas joined the Air Force in 2003 serving as an airlift and special mission aircraft maintainer and an officer accessions instructor. Thomas currently serves as a ROTC training instructor at The Citadel in Charleston, South Carolina, training potential new Air Force and Space Force officers. This is Thomas’ first time competing with Team Air Force and says, “Adaptive sports has allowed me to start my recovery even though I’m still injured. The only thing I would ask is that DoD think about the timeline and understand Warriors start treatment, surgery, rehab after retirement so allowing Warriors to compete in Warrior Games after recovery could motivate them to continue to say connected and involved.”