As Dianne Rahe watched her son, Master Sgt. Jason Ostberg, compete in the Warrior Games on Tuesday, she saw a completely different man.

Ostberg, who has served in the Air Force since 2003, has dealt with PTSD throughout his service, creating a version of him that truly wasn’t himself. But the man Rahe saw in the indoor rowing competition and in other Warrior Games events is a version she hadn’t seen in years.

“He has come a long way,” Rahe said as tears swelled in her eyes. “Just him in the short time he's been involved, he's been more calm, more happy. It's hard to explain but I see the amazing way he has changed being with these people, because these are his people.”

Ostberg, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Technician, has been part of the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program (AFW2) since

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