2nd Class Hospital Corpsman Jacob Emmott joined the Navy after leaving high school. A year later he was deployed with the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment in Afghanistan where he sustained a gunshot wound to the head whilst providing medical assistance to two of his Marines in a fire fight. The bullet pierced his Kevlar helmet and missed his carotid artery. He briefly blacked out, once coming around he continued to direct treatment of the two men and himself. He was awarded a silver star in 2011 for his bravery. In 2012 he was diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He retired from the Navy in 2013 and hopes to go back to medical school. He will be competing in Archery, Swimming and Sitting Volleyball.