By LifeFlip Media - They protected our country with their lives. Now, these special ops veterans are on a new mission: restore decimated coral reefs across the planet, and in the process, heal...
By NOAA Fisheries - A partnership between NOAA, FEMA, nonprofits and a local enterprise is one of many engaging military veterans and restoring important ecosystems—this time helping revive coral...
By NOAA - A team of military veterans is putting their hard-earned skills toward a different challenge: Restoring damaged corals in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico. Divers from Force Blue — in...
By Ocean Conservancy - Three words that drive the mission of Force Blue, an initiative that unites the community of Special Operations veterans with the world of coral reef conservation for the...
By FSR - It is always exciting to meet new people and to learn about their interests and causes. This weekend was one such example in which I learned about an organization and its powerful...
By Dive Training - For nine days in late October, six members of FORCE BLUE worked alongside National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) in coral...
By NOAA - The team: A group of Special Operations veterans and coral scientists. The mission: Restoring thousands of coral damaged by recent hurricanes. It might seem like an impossible mission, but...
By Defense Visual Information Distribution Service - In the Caribbean, coastal communities rely on the natural barrier of coral reefs to protect themselves from the ever-growing threat of rising sea...
By FL Keys News - With the help of several organization, including the Coral Restoration Foundation, thousands of small corals were rescued by being epoxied to the bottom or wedged into spurs, hard...
By DeeperBlue.com - While there’s more than one program that uses scuba diving as therapy for returned military veterans, there’s only one nonprofit that provides mission-based therapy for former...
By FL Keys News - The Coral Restoration Foundation (CRF) and members of a dive team made up of former special forces operators are working this week on vital National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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...