As an archery coach, I know how fulfilling it is to teach archery to kids. I didn’t know how therapeutic archery would be to our military personnel returning from war.

Ros received the award for his “countless hours” of volunteer work in establishing a local youth-centered archery program. While going through a divorce a few years ago, Ros used projectile therapy through archery as an emotional release tactic. As his skills progressed and the stress became more relieved, Ros realized he was a good archer.

From there, he entered professional competitions, and eventually joined the Skookum Archery Club in Puyallup, Wash., which is part of the National Archery Association. At Skookum, he turned around a struggling Junior Olympic Archery Development Program that trains and teaches children aged 8 to 18 years old how to shoot the bow and understand proper safety procedures. A couple of his students might qualify to shoot in the Olympics one day.

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Sergeant Hits Bullseye As Volunteer Archer