These veterans are healing the ocean and themselves
By FL Keys News
The unit, Force Blue Team One, was on its first deployment to aid in coral reef conservation efforts in the Cayman Islands.
By FL Keys News
The unit, Force Blue Team One, was on its first deployment to aid in coral reef conservation efforts in the Cayman Islands.
By Upworthy.com
Force Blue is unlike any veteran rehabilitative program in the world. And it all started with a dive. In 2015, Jim Ritterhoff noticed that his friend, former combat diver Rudy Reyes, wasn’t his usual self. After retiring from an intense career in the Marines, Rudy was struggling with depression and anxiety.
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