"I'm just ready to go there and have fun, and that's what I'm going to do. And, I really can't wait to go out there and represent the

United States, the United States Navy, as well, and the whole military," said Cryptologic Technician (Interpretive) 1st Class Casey Tibbs, the first active-duty servicemember to compete for the U.S. Paralympic Team, at the Paralympic Games in 2004, will be competing for Gold at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games. Petty Officer 1st Class Tibbs spoke with bloggers today during a DoD Bloggers Roundtable about the upcoming 2008 Paralympic games and the track and field events he will be competing in. These events include: The Pentathlon, 200m, 400m, long jump and the pool for the 4x100m relay team.

Joining us on the call were Grim, www.blackfive.net, and Bryant Jordan, www.military.com.