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Jack O’Neil has flipped his disability on its head and turned it into an ability. “Much of what I do every day is geared towards lifting up my community of disabled athletes and fighting for equality,” the soon-to-be Village High School graduate said. As an amputee who has been involved with sports his entire childhood, O’Neil considers himself fortunate to be a part of that community. At the young age of 9, O’Neil had to make a grownup decision: whether to allow doctors to amputate his left leg above the knee. After numerous operations to try to correct genetic defects, they had run out of surgical options. ....
Timothy Montjoy and his daughter, Bethany, started Operation Teammate in 2015. (Operation Teammate) As an Air Force noncommissioned officer working in communications, Timothy Montjoy had the uncommon experience of deploying to Afghanistan with an Army Provincial Reconstruction Team. The only problem was that he was a single parent who had to leave his young daughter behind. For many military families, this kind of separation is common. Montjoy and his daughter, Bethany, regularly spent time together doing activities and community service both on and off base. When Montjoy returned from Afghanistan in 2012, he had to start thinking about what to do after he retired in 2016. ....