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U.S. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Tiny Mammen, Team SOCOM, competes in the powerlifting competition during the 2023 DoD Warrior Games Challenge, June 3, 2023. The DoD Warrior Games Challenge is comprised of over 200 wounded, ill and injured service members and veteran athletes, competing in 12 adaptive sporting events June 2-12, 2023, at Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, Calif. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Alexis French)

🏴🏴🏴 ECC Meet Recap🏴🏴🏴 This is the third comp in a row I’ve done still in the trenches with multiple injuries. Injuries from October were never resolved, we started prep unable to bench due to a shoulder injury the first 5/6 weeks, 8 weeks in my knee blew out which left me walking with a cane the remainder of the prep, other health issues in the family lead to multiple nights in the hospital missed training sessions and an inability to address what needed to be address for competition health. Anyway I sent it cause that’s what our culture is all about 🏴🏴🏴 Token squat- (knee popped again in the warm up room) 500 ✅ 585 ✅ 600 ❌ (knee couldn’t bend anymore) Token bench- (shoulder just simply wasn’t ready) 430 ✅ 470 ❌ Scratch Deadlift- (hadn’t deadlifted so went random) 716 ✅ 760 ❌ (knee to unstable to much forward lean lost grip) 760 ✅ From a production standpoint my team/crew/sponsors shared a similar vision and mentality to get this done and I couldn’t of been more proud and more appreciative of the work they all put in for this. Something like this is simply not possible otherwise, thank you all for continually pushing the maker further and further. #teamflex #sixkillersquad @strom_sports_nutrition_us @powerlifting_series @vbmahis @hiltonvabeach @lowell.thehammer.stanley @trudyhoffteam @theendofme2 Ed Obrian @psl_midwest_regional @kennymfsellers @teamevilgsp @nu.wellness @dwood_finny_fin and finally my 👸🏽 @ov_trap_selena