NAVAL AIR SYSTEMS COMMAND, PATUXENT RIVER, Md. — A member of the Naval Undergraduate Flight Training Systems Program Office (PMA-273) here will be featured in “The 2013 Wounded Warrior Experience” Veterans Day celebration Nov. 7 at the United States Navy Memorial – Arleigh Burke Theater in Washington, D.C.

As a panelist, Program Analyst Yegor Bondarenko will share stories of his sacrifice and recovery as well as discuss issues facing America’s disabled veterans.

Bondarenko is a recipient of the Purple Heart and served in the U.S. Army from 2000 to 2006. His disability is the result of an improvised explosive device incident, which occurred in 2005 while he was deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has been assigned to PMA-273 in the Naval Air Systems Command since 2012.

The 2013 Wounded Warrior Experience is scheduled to begin at 6:45 p.m. at 701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Suite 123, Washington, D.C. To register for this free event, e-mail [email protected], call 703-302-1012, ext.227, or visit http://www.woundedwarriorexperience.com/.