Checkout Beautiful Photos of Prince Harry, Michelle Obama and Vice President Wife, Jill Biden as he hug with a hero and salutes wounded veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan and launched Invictus Games

Brothers in arms: Prince Harry greets US Marine Sergeant Roderic Liggens at the USO Warrior and Family Center outside Washington DC today.

Prince Harry hugged a wounded hero today as he hailed American and British veterans at the launch, with First Lady Michelle Obama, of the Invictus Games 2016.

The prince, a veteran of the war against the Taliban, put his arms round US Marine Sergeant Roderic Liggens as he and Mrs Obama toured the USO Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, close to Washington D.C.

His hug with Sgt Liggens came as he spoke of the need for more help for those suffering

'invisible injuries', including the Marine, who is an eight-year veteran being given behavioral therapy at the center.

Comrades embrace: US Marine Sergeant and Prince Harry - who served as Captain Harry Wales in the UK Army Air Corps, flying Apaches against the Taliban - meet in the music room of the USO Warrior and Family Center at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, while First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr Jill Biden meet US Marine Colonel Shane Tomko

 Those traumatized by war were also the theme of Mrs Obama, who was supported by Dr Jill Biden, vice-president Joe Biden's wife as the three launched the 2016 Invictus Games. 

The games, for wounded service personnel of both countries and others, first took place in London last year. They are based on the Warrior Games which took place in Colorado in 2013.

Harry, whose sister-in-law the Duchess of Cambridge has long championed mental wellbeing, said: 'One thing we have to talk about more is breaking down these barriers around so-called invisible injuries, like post-traumatic stress, just as we have for physical injuries like the loss of a limb.