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On the second anniversary of inDay, and also Opening Ceremony Day of the XXX Olympics near our office in London, LinkedIn celebrated by holding our 2012 Global Office Games.  This global competition included participants from LinkedIn offices in India, Australia, Canada, Brazil, and the United States, who competed in events like Office Chair Races, Rubber Band Archery, and Wastebasket Shootout.

As crowds of employees gathered to see what the heck was going on, the competitors geared up for the riveting challenge of making the longest paperclip chain or knocking over reams of paper like dominoes at lightning speed. In Mountain View, it was a week of fun over lunchtime. In other offices, inDay was filled with back-to-back action-packed events.

Editor’s Note: This is a guest post from Ryan Daly, one of our summer interns from the Wharton MBA program who has had over 5 years of Active Duty Service as an Infantry Officer. Read more about LinkedIn’s Veteran initiatives here.

Independence Day is a day to reflect, celebrate and remember those who serve our country. I personally feel lucky to be in a position to shape the lives of the men and women who’ve sacrificed so much for our freedoms.

On June 4, 2011, my family was celebrating Dad’s 60th birthday at a summer BBQ. My brother-in‐law and I jumped on 2 motocross dirt bikes, as we always like to do, for a spin around the private drive. When heading back toward the party, the new road tires hit some gravel and I lost control of the back end of the bike. By the time I regained control, I was no longer in line with the road, and instead hit an old rusty guardrail head on.  After spending several weeks in the hospital undergoing numerous surgical procedures it was later determined that my leg would need to be amputated above the knee.

This is a guest post from Ryan Daly, one of our summer interns from the Wharton MBA Program who’s had over 5 years of Active Duty Service as an Infantry Officer. This is a continuation of LinkedIn’s various Veterans initiatives over the past few months. Read more about them here.

This past weekend, we reflected on the sacrifice of our men and women in uniform. We are a nation with an incredible tradition of sacrifice and military excellence. I was lucky to be a part of this community for a period of my life. The most meaningful experiences I had in the military were related to people — men and women who put themselves in harm’s way for the sake of fellow soldiers or innocent civilians. As I write these words, my mind is filled with vivid images of the heroes I worked with who gave their lives during my deployment to Iraq from 2007-2008: Kyle Norris, Darris Dawson, Wesley Durbin, and Ronald Phillips.