--- title: Meet Josh Sager | Class 15 - Adaptive Training Foundation description: Meet Class 15 Athlete Josh Sager and show your support for the athletes who defy impossible. Sponsor an athlete like Josh today! image: https://www.adaptivetrainingfoundation.org/hubfs/Sager.png --- [![ATF Main Logo](https://www.adaptivetrainingfoundation.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ATF_Red.png?width=65&height=52&name=ATF_Red.png) ![ATF_Red](https://www.adaptivetrainingfoundation.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ATF_Red.png?width=65&height=52&name=ATF_Red.png) ](https://www.adaptivetrainingfoundation.org/?hsLang=en) [![DONATE](https://hubspot-no-cache-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/8334379/33f4c625-2e94-4e9e-a431-cdf3dea015ed.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-na2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/8334379/33f4c625-2e94-4e9e-a431-cdf3dea015ed) [**](https://www.adaptivetrainingfoundation.org/meet-josh-sager-atf#tmpmodule_159984196699739) ** # Meet Adaptive Athlete: Josh Sager   ### **Sgt, Josh Sager, US Army, Ret.** **DOB: **April 13th, 1991 **DOI: **July 5th, 2015 **PATHOLOGY: **Degenerative Injuries ![Sager](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/507386/CLEAN-images/lazy-imgs/lazy-img-800x500.png)   My name is Josh Sager, I am 26 and currently a college student. I am pursuing a Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing at TWU. My wife Melanie and I currently live in Denton, TX.   I joined the Army at the age of 18, knowing that I wanted to join the Airborne Infantry when I enlisted. I started out as Army National Guard before quickly figuring out that I wanted to go active duty. Upon my transfer to active duty Army, I attended Special Forces Selection and Assessment, and SFQC. I eventually would leave that course and be stationed with 4/25 Infantry at JBER, AK. I was recruited from my battalion to join the Scout Surveillance and Reconnaissance platoon for 3/509th Infantry, which is where I spent most of my 7 years in the Army. With my scout platoon, I was blessed enough to do a lot of awesome things, including sniper training and mountain warfare school.   In July 2015, as part of a joint training exercise, my unit jumped into Queensland, Australia with Australian forces. Due to high winds, and some bad luck, I suffered a parachute collapse, resulting in me falling 40 ft. to the ground. I suffered broken hip, broken R femur, and R knee. I was airlifted to a nearby civilian hospital, and incurred surgery to reconstruct the damage. When I returned to Alaska, 3 weeks later, I began my 18 months of physical therapy and rehab. Towards the end of my therapy, I was told that I was no longer physically capable of being a soldier anymore, and that I would be medically retired. I was retired February 10th, 2017.   I moved to Denton to attend school, with my wife and my dog, after my retirement in early 2017. I still go to the gym and try to push myself as hard as I can every day. My gym days tend to be a lot more upper-body work than lower body work, as I still deal with some pain from my previous injuries.    After going through a few programs at ATF, I came back to train other athletes in similar situations and on as part of the formal team as the ATF Programs Manager.   ##### ABOUT US ABOUT US ##### PROGRAMS PROGRAMS ##### Contact Us Contact Us **GYM & MAILING ADDRESS:** 4125 Old Denton Rd. Carrollton, TX 75010   **SCHEDULE A VISIT:** Please contact: [info@adaptivetrainingfoundation.org](mailto:info@adaptivetrainingfoundation.org) 469-830-5676 [![ATF_Logo_White](https://www.adaptivetrainingfoundation.org/hs-fs/hubfs/ATF_Logo_White.png?width=100&height=100&name=ATF_Logo_White.png "ATF_Logo_White")](https://www.adaptivetrainingfoundation.org/?hsLang=en) Copyright © 2020 Adaptive Training Foundation | TAX-EXEMPT UNDER SECTION 501(C)(3) OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE [**](https://www.facebook.com/adaptivetrainingfoundation/)[**](https://twitter.com/ATF_Tribe)[**](https://www.instagram.com/adaptivetrainingfoundation/)[**](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1hAgsJgl08VZdhPERiR_jg) **