Scuba Diving: Opportunities for Veterans
By Military.com - Their mission is to preserve and restore. For newly formed non-profit FORCE BLUE that means uniting two very different worlds: coral reef conservation and SOF...
Geoff Reeves
SEAL
It feels good to actually take the training that we had and implement into real world use. That was one of the things I loved about the...
Will Hinkson
USMC
There’s a sense of how big this actually is amongst the team now and a sense of responsibility...
Pedro Ridriguez
VP Sea Ventures MRU
You are in a situation where you are at a loss with everything that has happened, you’ve seen so much...
J.P. Brooker
Policy Counsel, Ocean Conservancy
With FORCE BLUE, I was excited to see what these types of veterans can do for marine...
Cathy Church
Marine Biologist / Underwater Photographer
They are incredible. They are still standing, they’re still walking, they’re still planning their lives, they’re still wanting to help...
Jessica Harvey
I just can’t imagine the amount of stress and adrenaline, the sacrifice that these guys have had to go...
FORCE BLUE Takes The Hill
Earlier this year members of the FORCE BLUE team were flown to Washington, DC by the Ocean Conservancy for meetings with Senators, Congressmen and women and their legislative staffers on Capitol...
Second Training Deployment Set
August 11 – 25 has been set as the date(s) for FORCE BLUE’s second two-week long Recruitment & Training (RNT) Deployment under the direction of Official Conservation Coordinator...
FORCE BLUE Film Event – On a Mission to Preserve our Oceans and Restore Our Veterans
By Blue Ocean Network - FORCE BLUE and Working Pictures have joined forces with marine conservation leaders from around the globe to present this important message on saving the world’s oceans and...
FORCE BLUE Featured On Weather Channel
This winter FORCE BLUE Training Director, retired U.S. Navy Diver Angelo Fiore took time out for an exclusive interview with The Weather Channel, recapping the team’s recent deployment to Puerto...
Dispatches From Puerto Rico
As part of FORCE BLUE’s continuing work with NOAA and local coral restoration experts Sea Ventures Pro Dive Center following Hurricane Maria, FORCE BLUE team diver, U.S. Army Veteran Nathan Quinn,...