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Meet Veteran Ardrena Bailey
Meet Veteran Ardrena Bailey
Center for Women Veterans (CWV)
Women Veteran Athletes Initiative
Meet Veteran Ardrena Bailey
The Athletes:
A. Bailey | I. Brown | C. Caesar | M. Dimal | B. Donato
C. Gage | I. Glennon | S. Holzhalb | A. Madsen | J. Roberts
Veterans Portrait Project Photos By Stacy Pearsall
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US Army, 1976-1979
Ardrena Bailey joined the US Army as a military police officer. After leaving the service, she was diagnosed with progressive multiple sclerosis, leaving her wheelchair-bound. Not one to wallow, she immersed herself in all forms of sports, earning numerous gold medals in table tennis, shotput, discus, javelin, rowing over the last 20 years. She credits sports with giving her moral and mental stability – keeping her busy and moving forward.
Being involved in sports made my life – even though I don’t have lower body function, being athletic has kept up my morale and mental health, kept me busy and going.
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