Mike Groll / AP
Capt. Scott Smiley, right, greets Col. Michael Tarsa before giving a tour of his staff's offices in West Point, N.Y. Smiley is one of only a few blind soldiers to remain on active duty since the fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
By MICHAEL HILL
updated 1:38 p.m. CT, Fri., May 21, 2010
WEST POINT, N.Y. - Since a car bomb blinded Capt. Scott Smiley in Iraq, he has skied Vail, climbed Mount Rainier, earned his MBA, won an Espy award and pulled himself up from faith-shaking depths.
Smiley, a 30-year-old father of two, has snagged attention for his big accomplishments. But the daily ones are telling, too, including the recent tour he gave of his staff's offices at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he plans to attend President Barack Obama's address of the Class of 2010 on Saturday.
Unable to see the path around the workers' cubicles, Smiley stepped forward with a joke to the camouflage-clad officers he was showing around: "I walk around, and when I hit things, I move," he said.
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