Operation: Coral Rescue is under way
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...
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Veterans embark on new mission restoring reefs in Puerto Rico
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...
Looks like the Keys reef is as resilient as its people
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...
FORCE BLUE Gives Former Combat Divers A Mission Mind-Set
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...
Documentary Thursday tells the story of Force Blue, conservationist scuba divers who served in the U.S. special forces
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...
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...
The Earth’s coral reefs needed a savior. These retired veterans needed something to save.
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...
FORCE BLUE: A CALL OF DUTY TO HEAL THE OCEAN
By MISSIONBLUE - I recently had the honor of meeting U.S RECON Marine Sergeant Rudy Reyes who shared his story about being a former combat diver who’s now on a mission to help protect and restore...
FORCE BLUE: A Call of Duty to Heal the Ocean
By Eco Chic Cayman - I had the honor of meeting U.S RECON Marine Sergeant Rudy Reyes and listening to him share his story about his experience as a former combat diver and now a veteran on a mission...
FORCE BLUE gives veterans a new mission: Save coral reefs
By Orange County Register - “To keep that edge — very few can do it. War is a young man’s game. A lot of brothers are struggling because there’s an emptiness when they get out. We can’t do...
FORCE BLUE Deploys Special Forces Veterans to Save Coral Reefs
By PADI - FORCE BLUE is a nonprofit organization that provides a new mission for former combat divers and Special Operation Force (SOF) veterans: healing endangered coral reefs. Its three...
Veterans Work to Save Coral Reefs
By GreaterGood.org - Help preserve precious coral reefs and rehabilitate returning combat veterans. One tank of air provides one hour of dive time for a veteran to restore coral...