Retired Staff Sgt. Johnson competes as the first blind athlete in cycling at the 2014 Warrior Trials

Sgt. 1st Class Brian Mathis pilots as retired Staff Sgt. Sean Johnson acts as the motor for a tandem bike in the 2014 U.S. Army Warrior Trials cycling competition. Johnson, from Aberdeen, S.D., is the first blind athlete to compete for team Army. The Army Warrior Transition Command is hosting the Army Warrior Trials June 15-19 at West Point, N.Y. More than 100 wounded, ill and injured Soldiers, Marines, Airmen and veterans are facing off in archery, shooting, cycling, track and field, swimming, sitting volleyball and wheelchair basketball. The Army Warrior Trials help determine the athletes who will represent Team Army in the 2014 Warrior Games slated for Sept. 28-Oct. 4, Colorado Springs, Colo.