Injury type: Upper Body (Burns)
Date of injury: November 16, 2006
Goals: To complete a degree in Wildlife Management and gain civilian employment upon retirement.
Warrior Games events:
1500M Track
Archery – Compound Open
Electrician’s Mate Chief Peter Allen Johns “If some animals are good at huntingand others are suitable for hunting, then the gods must clearly smile on hunting.” - Aristotle Patience and perseverance are a characteristic of a hunter. Bow hunting requires a high degree of stealth and sheer effort to be successful. It was these traits that Electrician’s Mate Chief Peter Allen Johns honed as an archer and hunter that he is applying to his recovery as a wounded warrior. Chief Johns suffered shocks while conducting electrical maintenance on a high-voltage shore power switchboard aboard the USS Nimitz (CVN 68), Nov. 16, 2006. Due to burns on over 35 percent of his upper body he was transferred to the burn unit at Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas for treatment.
Before joining the Navy in 1999, the native of Corpus Christi, Texas, was a high school athlete who played football, ran track, and was a power-lifter. As a track and field athlete he placed fourth in a state decathlon competition. Today he is an avid golfer, cyclist, archer, and hunter, recently completing in 3D archery competitions and cycling 150 miles in a 2008 Multiple Sclerosis Bike to the Beach event. When he is not competing or training for the Warrior Games he is pursuing a degree in Wildlife Management.
Full Name: Peter Allen Johns