Lt. Brad Snyder

Lt. Brad Snyder represents Tampa Bay Rays at All Star Game

By Jacqueline Klimas on July 16, 2013 Baseball, EOD, Navy

Lt. Brad Snyder is the only sailor among 30 military members selected to represent a Major League Baseball team at the All Star Game at Citi Field in New York, an MLB release said. The “Tribute for Heroes” contest, run by MLB and People’s Magazine, selected 90 finalists, then let the public vote online for the top 30, who were announced last week. The winners, one for each MLB team, will be recognized during the pre-game ceremony on Tuesday. They also took part in activities in the days leading up to the game like a private tour of the 9/11…

Navy lieutenant joins gold medalist, Prince Harry in opening 2013 Warrior Games

By Jacqueline Klimas on May 13, 2013 EOD, Navy

Lt. Brad Snyder, a former explosive ordnance disposal technician blinded by a blast in Afghanistan, lit the cauldron during the 2013 Warrior Games opening ceremony May 11. At the 2012 Warrior Games, Snyder won four gold medals in swimming and three gold medals in track and field events. Later that year, he went on to win two gold and one silver medal in swimming at the 2012 London Paralympics just one year after the improvised explosive device blinded him in Afghanistan in September 2011. “I am humbled by the opportunity to still be a part of something very near and…

Blind Lt., Paralympian to compete in Trident Challenge

By Jacqueline Klimas on April 25, 2013 EOD, Navy

Lt. Brad Snyder has already proven his dominance in the water, earning three medals at the 2012 Paralympics in London. Now he’s looking to show that being blind won’t hold him back on land or a surfboard either. On May 19, Snyder is participating in the Trident Challenge — a 5K run, 500-meter ocean swim, and 1.5K ocean surfboard paddle — as part of the Never Quit weekend in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. He will be guided in the run and the paddle by Bethany Hamilton, a surfer who lost one arm in a shark attack. Snyder, a former explosive ordnance…

Sea-Air-Space notebook: Blind officer, Paralympian talks about transition

By Jacqueline Klimas on April 8, 2013 EOD, Mentoring, Navy, Sea Air Space

Lt. Brad Snyder’s presentation at the Navy League’s annual Sea-Air-Space symposium outside Washington, D.C., didn’t have any PowerPoint slides. “I can’t see it, so you can’t either,” he said during the Monday afternoon speaker floor session at the Navy League booth. Snyder was blinded by an improvised explosive device blast during a deployment to Afghanistan in September 2011. During his recovery, the Naval Academy grad and former swimmer got back into the pool to regain his confidence. He never imagined it would lead him to the London Paralympics last summer, where he won two gold medals and one silver. The…

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