In this episode of The Dive Locker Podcast you’ll hear about Force Blue’s mission combining the needs of combat veterans returning home with the needs of our marine ecosystems.
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Hey everyone welcome to our special Memorial Day edition of the Dive Locker podcast. I’m delighted to be with you today. This upcoming Monday May 25th, 2020 is Memorial Day here in the United States. But no matter where you are, it is a great time to honor those who serve our countries in the armed forces.
Being a former law enforcement officer myself, I understand what it means to protect and serve. But our men and women of the armed forces take that to a whole different level. They sacrifice for our freedoms. I got to come home each night at the end of my shifts, whereas they might retreat to a cot, in a bungalow, halfway around the world. And some sacrifice it all. And so this episode it is fitting that we feature Force Blue.
Force Blue
Established as a 501c3 nonprofit organization in 2016, FORCE BLUE addresses two seemingly unrelated problems — the rapidly declining health of our planet’s ocean resources and the difficulty that returning combat veterans have in adjusting to civilian life.
By uniting the community of Special Operations veterans with the world of marine science and conservation, FORCE BLUE has created a transpartisan model of caring, cooperation and positive change with the power to restore lives and restore the planet. Joining me today from Force Blue is Angelo Fiore. Angelo is a former US Navy Diver and veteran of the first Gulf War. He has the Fiore Service Group, a company that represents manufacturers and organizations in the diving industry such as NAUI, Huish Outdoors, Light n Motion and AB Biller. And Angelo is the Director of Diving Operations and Training Director for Force Blue.
But before that interview the results are in on the first round of brackets on the Pandemic Madness 2020 from James and Brandon on The Great Dive Podcast. As I mentioned last week this is like March Madness with college basketball, except the teams that run through this tournament are legends in the diving industry. By voting each week it will eventually get whittled down to the top diver of all time. This is awesome and this week some big legends fell. Regrettably I fell to Sir Robert Boyle of Boyle’s Law fame. Oh well, but more surprising is that Jill Heinerth fell to Albert Buhlman! Ugh…. Stan Waterman fell, Stephen Frink fell, Jarrod Jablonski fell.
So check that out it’s the Great Dive Podcast’s Pandemic Madness 2020. Check out all the names and keep voting each week.
Items In This Episode
- The beginning of Force Blue
- The Force Blue deployments
- Super Bowl and 100 Yards of Hope
- Coral Restoration with Nova Southeastern University
- Who can get involved with Force Blue
- How to support Force Blue
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