Nate Weber

Sergeant First Class Nate Weber is going to the PyeongChang Olympics in South Korea as a member of the U.S. bobsled team. Nate, the only Military athlete not a part of the U.S. Army’s World Class Athlete Program, is a Green Beret in 10th Special Forces and has trained for bobsled in some unusual locales — the Sahara Desert in Niger, a jungle in Cameroon and a base in Afghanistan where he once came under mortar attack while doing a workout. Currently, his duty station is Fort Carson, but he’s often traveling to compete on the bobsled circuit with the blessing of his superiors. He left for South Korea on Wednesday, Jan. 31 and will compete Feb. 24-25.