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2021 in Review
Honoring a Veteran Biography, Newsletter
|After the challenges of the previous year, 2021 brought with it new opportunities & growth. The following summary highlights our training and organizational accomplishments. In January we kicked off the year inspecting and servicing all of our SCUBA training gear. All regulators, computers & buoyancy compensating device (BCD) were inspected and serviced by WAVES staff,…
Read More Wounded veterans experience therapeutic benefits of diving while helping Dry Tortugas National Park
Honoring a Veteran Biography
|KEY WEST, Fla. – Dry Tortugas National Park hosted volunteer divers from the Wounded American Veterans Experience Scuba (WAVES) Project who spent a week helping the coral reef ecosystem at the park and in return received therapy, healing and relief from their service-connected disabilities. Seven veterans traveled to the remote Dry Tortugas archipelago, from Oct.…
Read More WAVES Project Women Veterans Volunteer at Biscayne National Park
Honoring a Veteran Biography
|Five female veterans of the US Armed Services joined the National Park Service for a week of removing marine debris from Biscayne National Park, July 5-11, 2021. The veterans were sponsored by the Wounded American Veterans Experience SCUBA (WAVES Project), non-profit established to provide opportunities for veterans with service-connected disabilities and their families to experience…
Read More Run for Remembrance 9/11/2021
Honoring a Veteran Biography
|WAVES Project Veteran Jeff Houser This September 11th marks the 20th anniversary of a day that changed so many lives. In an effort to raise funds for the WAVES Project, a non-profit organization, I’m running the Surf City Half Marathon in remembrance of all those that lost their lives that day and the many years…
Read More Wounded Veterans Support through Mission Oriented Diving
Honoring a Veteran Biography, Newsletter
|What is Mission Oriented Diving? The WAVES Project Mission Oriented Diving program provides wounded veterans support and the opportunity and support to take part in service projects in various locations throughout the US. Projects we are currently involved in with the National Park Service Submerged Resources Center include: Lake Mead – mapping project at the…
Read More Bonnie R. Casler
Honoring a Veteran Biography
|March is Women’s History Month and WAVES Project is honored to spotlight one of our “Women of WAVES” trailblazers. Bonnie Casler, MSG, (Ret) joined the Army in 1977 after graduating from college with a degree in Education. She was the last graduating class of WAC (Women Army Corps), which was dissolved as the Army became…
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