Six US Army Soldiers to Compete at Sochi

When the U.S. Olympic team parades into the Fisht Olympic Stadium in Sochi, Russia tomorrow night, there will be six active-duty members of the U.S. Army among them. The Olympians come from the Army’s World-Class Athlete Program (WCAP), which  “pays them to train full time and, in return, they host clinics for soldiers and act as goodwill ambassadors for the Army and the United States at international games,” according to the Army. To be selected to the WCAP program, soldiers must...

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