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SCUBA Challenge 2019: Day One – Pool Gear Check

SCUBA Challenge 2019: Day One – Pool Gear Check

Here we go! Most of our combat wounded and injured team arrived on Sunday to get situated in their rooms, get their gear assigned to them, and attend the briefing explaining our objectives and mission.  There are a lot of moving parts, so keeping everyone on...

SCUBA Challenge: Day 1

SCUBA Challenge: Day 1

Day one is always a slow stream of participants flowing into the facility we use for our challenge. People were getting checked-in, unpacked, saying hi to old friends, and meeting new ones. Our first scheduled "event" was dinner at Geiger Marina. After traveling all...

Underwater Veteran’s Memorial

Underwater Veteran’s Memorial

On Friday, February 2, 2018, one of our Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge participants was in attendance for the unveiling of Circle of Honor dedication.  Thank you to Andrew Lourake for sharing pictures from this awesome event! [ngg_images source="galleries"...

Record-Breaking Coral Planting in FL Keys

Record-Breaking Coral Planting in FL Keys

Members of the Combat Wounded Veteran Challenge (CWVC) and SCUBAnauts International joined forces with half-a-dozen scientists from Mote Marine Laboratory for a one-day, record-breaking mission on a Florida Keys reef. They planted 500 corals in a day. The number of...

Special Guest: Cole Kolasa

Special Guest: Cole Kolasa

Former SCUBAnaut Cole Kolasa is sharing his experience of kayaking the west coast of Florida with us. [ngg_images source="galleries" container_ids="34" display_type="photocrati-nextgen_basic_thumbnails" override_thumbnail_settings="1" thumbnail_width="190"...

Astronaut Stories!

Astronaut Stories!

This morning we were given the honor of getting first hand details on what it’s like to fly on the space shuttle and and visit the International Space Station. CWVC president/astronaut Dom Gorie is presenting pictures and telling us some amazing stories at Mote Marine...