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U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, leaps off a cliff above a lake in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. Marines visit Yu... More

2nd Annual Gulf Coast Surfers For Autism at Crescent Beach Park

2nd Annual Gulf Coast Surfers For Autism at Crescent Beach Park

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla., help teach Caleb Stowers how to surf during the 2nd Annual Gulf Coast Surfers For Autism at Crescent Beach Park, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. The Surfers ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Delecki, a communications

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Delecki, a communications

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. James Delecki, a communications chief with Marine Aviation Control Squadron-1, rides a sand board down a dune at the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. Marines visit... More

Marine Cpl. Leighton Anderson surfs a closed out wave

Marine Cpl. Leighton Anderson surfs a closed out wave

Marine Cpl. Leighton Anderson surfs a closed out wave during the Naval Medical Center San Diego surf therapy clinic in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. Participation for patients like Leighton is medically appo... More

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 13th

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 13th

U.S. Marines with Battalion Landing Team 1/4, 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit, conduct an amphibious assault during PHIBRON MEU Integration as a surfer catches a wave at Green Beach, Calif., June 23, 2013. PMINT... More

U.S. Marine Pfc. Olivia Porter, a student at Center

U.S. Marine Pfc. Olivia Porter, a student at Center

U.S. Marine Pfc. Olivia Porter, a student at Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Detachment Camp Pendleton, applies wax to her surfboard during the annual Commanding General’s Cup Surfing Competition a... More

Sgt John Wolfe, a Bell AH-1 cobra helicopter instructor

Sgt John Wolfe, a Bell AH-1 cobra helicopter instructor

Sgt John Wolfe, a Bell AH-1 cobra helicopter instructor with the Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Marine Detachment and a St. Augustine, Fla., native, rides a wave at the Redbull Rivals Surf Competi... More

Marine Staff Sgt. Marvin Cruz, left, and volunteer

Marine Staff Sgt. Marvin Cruz, left, and volunteer

Marine Staff Sgt. Marvin Cruz, left, and volunteer surf instructor Duncan McFarland discuss their surf therapy session while exiting the surf break at 17th Street in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. Participati... More

Public Health Service Capt. Maurice Sheehan catches

Public Health Service Capt. Maurice Sheehan catches

Public Health Service Capt. Maurice Sheehan catches a wave during the Naval Medical Center San Diego surf therapy clinic in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

Lance Cpl. Robert Freemon, an aviation supply clerk

Lance Cpl. Robert Freemon, an aviation supply clerk

Lance Cpl. Robert Freemon, an aviation supply clerk with Marine Aviation Logistics Squadron 11, Olathe, Kan., native, cliff-dives off of Sunset Cliff in San Diego, Aug. 25. The footage will be used to make a DV... More

Volunteers attend a briefing for the Naval Medical

Volunteers attend a briefing for the Naval Medical

Volunteers attend a briefing for the Naval Medical Center San Diego surf therapy session in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. Surf therapy is medically appointed and provides treatment for a host of maladies inc... More

Outdoor Recreation Center launches new beach truck

Outdoor Recreation Center launches new beach truck

Chris Phillips, a Marine and Outdoor Recreation Center staff member, poses with the new mobile truck on Aug. 26 at the Marina. The truck will be available every weekend at Pyramid Rock Beach, offering beach equ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, rides a surfboard down the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. Marin... More

U.S Marine Col. Rob Bailey, the commanding officer

U.S Marine Col. Rob Bailey, the commanding officer

U.S Marine Col. Rob Bailey, the commanding officer of Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity, exits the water after surfing during the annual Commanding General’s Cup Surfing Competition at San Onofre B... More

Sgt. Jeffrey Caraway, illustrator graphics cheif with

Sgt. Jeffrey Caraway, illustrator graphics cheif with

Sgt. Jeffrey Caraway, illustrator graphics cheif with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and an Adrian, Mont., native, surfs at Pacific Beach in San Diego for an action sport DVD, Aug. 25. The proceeds from... More

Petty Officer First Class Aries Baluyot, right, enters

Petty Officer First Class Aries Baluyot, right, enters

Petty Officer First Class Aries Baluyot, right, enters the water with his volunteer surf instructor Rick Ganzer during a medically appointed surf therapy session for Naval Medical Center San Diego patients in D... More

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Matthew Connell, family

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Matthew Connell, family

U.S. Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Matthew Connell, family readiness officer, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations – West, surfs a wave during the 2018 Commanding General’s (CG’s) Cup Surf C... More

180614-N-IE405-1082 DEL MAR, Calif. (June 14, 2018)

180614-N-IE405-1082 DEL MAR, Calif. (June 14, 2018)

180614-N-IE405-1082 DEL MAR, Calif. (June 14, 2018) Marine Corps veteran Chris Small poses with his personalized black-and-white surfboard prior to surfing with other patients from Naval Medical Center San Dieg... More

2nd Annual Gulf Coast Surfers For Autism at Crescent Beach Park

2nd Annual Gulf Coast Surfers For Autism at Crescent Beach Park

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla., are introduced to Caleb Stowers during the 2nd Annual Gulf Coast Surfers For Autism at Crescent Beach Park, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012. The Surfers For A... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, back flips off a rope into the Colorado river in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. M... More

Sgt. John Taylor, a logistics officer with Combat Logistics

Sgt. John Taylor, a logistics officer with Combat Logistics

Sgt. John Taylor, a logistics officer with Combat Logistics Battalion and West Palm Beach, Fla., native, rides a wave at the Redbull Rivals Surf Competition aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., July... More

Ray Hoogendijk, 100th Force Support Squadron Outdoor

Ray Hoogendijk, 100th Force Support Squadron Outdoor

Ray Hoogendijk, 100th Force Support Squadron Outdoor Recreation program manager, instructs students on how to raise sails on a 34-foot training yacht Jan. 25, 2017, in Cornwall, England. Hoogendijk spent 16 yea... More

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Robert O. Bailey, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Robert O. Bailey, commanding

U.S. Marine Corps Col. Robert O. Bailey, commanding officer, Marine Corps Training Systems Support Activity, Marine Corps Systems Command exits the water after surfing during the annual Commanding General’s (CG... More

Betty Michalewicz-Kraugh, a program manager for Naval

Betty Michalewicz-Kraugh, a program manager for Naval

Betty Michalewicz-Kraugh, a program manager for Naval Medical Center San Diego, points out surf safety measures for patients and volunteers NMC San Diego surf therapy session in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. ... More

It's important to keep in touch when you are away from

It's important to keep in touch when you are away from

It's important to keep in touch when you are away from home. The Army is making sure the morale of their soldiers is positive by taking action and getting computers available to soldiers to keep in touch with t... More

Instructors and pro-surfers Skeeter Zimmerman (left)

Instructors and pro-surfers Skeeter Zimmerman (left)

Instructors and pro-surfers Skeeter Zimmerman (left) and Matt Kechele demonstrated the proper techniques of standing on a surf board during the surf camp held at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's Windmill Bea... More

Coast Guard, Ocean Safety searching for surfer near Diamond Head, Oahu

Coast Guard, Ocean Safety searching for surfer near Diamond Head, Oahu

The Coast Guard and Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services are searching for a missing male reported to be swept out to sea while surfing near Diamond Head, Oahu, Oct. 24, 2015. Anyone with information is asked to... More

Navy veteran Lt. Cmdr and volunteer surf instructor

Navy veteran Lt. Cmdr and volunteer surf instructor

Navy veteran Lt. Cmdr and volunteer surf instructor Tom Rice gives pop up tips to Marine Pvt. 1st Class Ashton Aspley during a surf therapy session for patients of Naval Medical Center San Diego Sept. 14, 2017.... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, walks across the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. Marines visit ... More

A U.S. Marine carries his surfboard during the annual

A U.S. Marine carries his surfboard during the annual

A U.S. Marine carries his surfboard during the annual Commanding General’s Cup Surfing Competition, at San Onofre Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 31, 2019. The CG’s Cup is a series o... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, looks out over the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. Marines visit... More

180614-N-IE405-1087 DEL MAR, Calif. (June 14, 2018)

180614-N-IE405-1087 DEL MAR, Calif. (June 14, 2018)

180614-N-IE405-1087 DEL MAR, Calif. (June 14, 2018) Marine Corps veteran and Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD) Surf Clinic patient Chris Small walks alone along the shores of the beach city and gets ready ... More

A landscape showing the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz.,

A landscape showing the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz.,

A landscape showing the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. Marines visit Yuma to take part in many outdoor recreational activities.

Recovering service members, veterans, volunteers and

Recovering service members, veterans, volunteers and

Recovering service members, veterans, volunteers and their loved ones surf during the 12th Annual Operation Amped Surf Camp at San Onofre Beach at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 18, 2018. Op... More

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Dane Oshiro, assistant operations

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Dane Oshiro, assistant operations

U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Dane Oshiro, assistant operations officer, 9th Communication Battalion, I Marine Expeditionary Force, rides a wave during the annual Commanding General’s (CG's) Cup Surfing Competition... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Isaiah Niemann, flight line

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Isaiah Niemann, flight line

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Isaiah Niemann, flight line mechanic, Marine Light Attack Helicopter Training Squadron 303, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, drops into a breaking wave during the annua... More

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexander Ace, a

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexander Ace, a

U.S. Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexander Ace, a corpsman with Marine Aircraft Group 39, catches a wave on a bodyboard during the annual Commanding General’s Cup Surfing Competition at San Onofre Beach on Mar... More

Navy Seaman Emily Wallace reacts to a moment free from

Navy Seaman Emily Wallace reacts to a moment free from

Navy Seaman Emily Wallace reacts to a moment free from minding the severe pain she suffers from during a medically appointed surf therapy session for Naval Medical Center San Diego patients in Del Mar, Calif. S... More

A surf instructor draws a diagram in the sand to help

A surf instructor draws a diagram in the sand to help

A surf instructor draws a diagram in the sand to help explain how to catch waves during the Naval Medical Center San Diego surf therapy session in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, hikes through the mountains in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. Marines visit Yuma,... More

Naval Medical Center San Diego patient Marine Staff

Naval Medical Center San Diego patient Marine Staff

Naval Medical Center San Diego patient Marine Staff Sgt. Marvin Cruz catches a wave at 17th Street in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. Participation for patients like Cruz is medically appointed, and its benefi... More

2nd Annual Gulf Coast Surfers For Autism at Crescent Beach Park

2nd Annual Gulf Coast Surfers For Autism at Crescent Beach Park

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, Fla., Petty Offcer 2nd Class Jason Cody and his family are shown during the 2nd Annual Gulf Coast Surfers For Autism at Crescent Beach Park, Saturday, Nov.... More

Volunteer Brianna Phillip helps Navy Seaman Emily Wallace,

Volunteer Brianna Phillip helps Navy Seaman Emily Wallace,

Volunteer Brianna Phillip helps Navy Seaman Emily Wallace, left, walk into the surf to meet her surf instructor Necia Snow, right, during a surf therapy session for Naval Medical Center San Diego patients in De... More

Leanne Ericson, a shark attack survivor, meets with

Leanne Ericson, a shark attack survivor, meets with

Leanne Ericson, a shark attack survivor, meets with the officers who saved her life at a luncheon at the San Onofre Beach Club on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 19, 2018. On April 29, 2017, Er... More

U.S. Marine Col. Phillip G. Antekeier and Sgt. Maj.

U.S. Marine Col. Phillip G. Antekeier and Sgt. Maj.

U.S. Marine Col. Phillip G. Antekeier and Sgt. Maj. Eric L. Darmstadt, the commanding officer and sergeant major with Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Johnathan Cartrett, intelligence

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Johnathan Cartrett, intelligence

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Johnathan Cartrett, intelligence officer, G-2, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, surfs a wave during the 2018 Commanding General’s (CG’s) Cup Surf Contest at the Del Mar Beach Resort at Mar... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, leaps off a cliff above a lake in Yuma AZ., July 20, 2012. U.S. Marines visit Yuma ... More

Recovering service members, veterans, volunteers and

Recovering service members, veterans, volunteers and

Recovering service members, veterans, volunteers and their loved ones prepare for a group photo during the 12th Annual Operation Amped Surf Camp at San Onofre Beach at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Californ... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Randy Adalin, a hospital corpsman

Petty Officer 2nd Class Randy Adalin, a hospital corpsman

Petty Officer 2nd Class Randy Adalin, a hospital corpsman with 1st Medical Battalion and Kodiak, Ala., native, rides a wave at the Redbull Rivals Surf Competition aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, waxes a surfboard at the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. Marines... More

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Rachel Duckett holds a

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Rachel Duckett holds a

Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Rachel Duckett holds a surfboard while checking out the surf at 17th Street in Del Mar, Calif. during a surf therapy session for patients of Naval Medical Center San Diego Sept. 14,... More

Volunteers and patrons host the 12th Annual Operation

Volunteers and patrons host the 12th Annual Operation

Volunteers and patrons host the 12th Annual Operation Amped Surf Camp at San Onofre Beach at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 18, 2018. Operation Amped began in September 2006. To find out mor... More

Darren Klassen, co-founder of Torrey Pines Surf Ministry,

Darren Klassen, co-founder of Torrey Pines Surf Ministry,

Darren Klassen, co-founder of Torrey Pines Surf Ministry, prepares for a day of surfing on San Onofre Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 24, 2020. Klassen now works with more than f... More

U.S. Marine Pfc. Olivia Porter, a student at Center

U.S. Marine Pfc. Olivia Porter, a student at Center

U.S. Marine Pfc. Olivia Porter, a student at Center for Naval Aviation Technical Training Detachment Camp Pendleton, runs toward the water during the annual Commanding General’s Cup Surfing Competition at San O... More

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Andrew Fremming, judge advocate,

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Andrew Fremming, judge advocate,

U.S. Marine Corps Capt. Andrew Fremming, judge advocate, Staff Judge Advocate, 1st Marine Division, rides a wave during the annual Commanding General’s (CG's) Cup Surfing Competition, at the Del Mar Beach Resor... More

Behavioral health technician Robert McQueen watches

Behavioral health technician Robert McQueen watches

Behavioral health technician Robert McQueen watches the Naval Medical Center San Diego surf therapy session in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. Surf therapy is medically appointed and provides treatment for a h... More

MK2 Matthew Merel wins surfing competition

MK2 Matthew Merel wins surfing competition

BODEGA BAY, Calif. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Merel, from Station Bodega Bay, poses with his surf board and trophies near the station's response boats, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Merel has won the military... More

U.S. Marine carries a surfboard after surfing during

U.S. Marine carries a surfboard after surfing during

U.S. Marine carries a surfboard after surfing during the annual Commanding General’s (CG's) Cup Surfing Competition, at the Del Mar Beach Resort on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 19, 2019. T... More

Sgt. Jeffrey Caraway, above, a graphics chief with

Sgt. Jeffrey Caraway, above, a graphics chief with

Sgt. Jeffrey Caraway, above, a graphics chief with Headquarters and Headquarters Squadron and an Adrian, Mont., native, films Lance Cpl. Cy Kranak, below, a graphics reproduction specialist with H&HS and a Phoe... More

Darren Klassen, co-founder of Torrey Pines Surf Ministry,

Darren Klassen, co-founder of Torrey Pines Surf Ministry,

Darren Klassen, co-founder of Torrey Pines Surf Ministry, watches the waves at San Onofre Beach on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 24, 2020. Klassen now works with more than four surf therapy... More

Ben Deleon, left, a volunteer surf instructor, and

Ben Deleon, left, a volunteer surf instructor, and

Ben Deleon, left, a volunteer surf instructor, and Pfc. Job I. Depass, a patient in the Army Warrior Transition Unit at Naval Medical Center San Diego, leave the water after a surfing lesson. The lesson is part... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Randy Adalin, a hospital corpsman

Petty Officer 2nd Class Randy Adalin, a hospital corpsman

Petty Officer 2nd Class Randy Adalin, a hospital corpsman with 1st Medical Battalion and a Kodiak, Ala., native, rides a wave at the Redbull Rivals Surf Competition aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Cali... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Jacinto, administrative

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Jacinto, administrative

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Jacinto, administrative specialist, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base (MCB), Marine Corps Installations West, rides a wave on a body board during the annual C... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, hikes up a sand dune at the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. Mari... More

A waterskin and depth gauge sit under a shade tent

A waterskin and depth gauge sit under a shade tent

A waterskin and depth gauge sit under a shade tent at the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2012. U.S. Marines visit Yuma, Ariz., to take part in many outdoor recreational activities.

A patient attending the Naval Medical Center San Diego

A patient attending the Naval Medical Center San Diego

A patient attending the Naval Medical Center San Diego surf therapy clinic returns a surfboard on free loan to the clinic after his session in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

Navy veteran Lt. Cmdr. Tom Rice listens to a Naval

Navy veteran Lt. Cmdr. Tom Rice listens to a Naval

Navy veteran Lt. Cmdr. Tom Rice listens to a Naval Medical Center San Diego surf therapy session safety briefing at the Del Mar Lifeguard Station in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. Rice is a former Tomcat pilo... More

Both the East Coast, white, and the West Coast, blue,

Both the East Coast, white, and the West Coast, blue,

Both the East Coast, white, and the West Coast, blue, teams gather before the Redbull Rivals Surf Competition at Del Mar Beach aboard Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, July 28. All the surfers had to qualify to... More

A surfer wipes out surfing 17th Street in Del Mar,

A surfer wipes out surfing 17th Street in Del Mar,

A surfer wipes out surfing 17th Street in Del Mar, Calif. during a surf therapy session Naval Medical Center San Diego patients Sept. 14, 2017. Participation in the clinic is medically appointed, and its benef... More

Leanne Ericson, a shark attack survivor, speaks with

Leanne Ericson, a shark attack survivor, speaks with

Leanne Ericson, a shark attack survivor, speaks with the police officers who saved her life at a luncheon at the San Onofre Beach Club on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., April 19, 2018. This was the ... More

Marines and Sailors await the start of the 2018 Commanding

Marines and Sailors await the start of the 2018 Commanding

Marines and Sailors await the start of the 2018 Commanding General’s (CG’s) Cup Surf Contest at the Del Mar Beach Resort at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, July 11, 2018. Marines and Sailors have ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Jacinto, administrative

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Jacinto, administrative

U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Jonathan Jacinto, administrative specialist, Headquarters and Support Battalion, Marine Corps Base (MCB), Marine Corps Installations West, rides a wave on a body board during the annual C... More

Recovering service members, veterans, volunteers and

Recovering service members, veterans, volunteers and

Recovering service members, veterans, volunteers and their loved ones prepare to surf during the 12th Annual Operation Amped Surf Camp at San Onofre Beach at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, Aug. 1... More

Navy Seaman Emily Wallace catches a wave with her volunteer

Navy Seaman Emily Wallace catches a wave with her volunteer

Navy Seaman Emily Wallace catches a wave with her volunteer surf instructor Necia Snow during a surf therapy session for Naval Medical Center San Diego patients in Del Mar, Calif. Sept. 14, 2017. Wallace suffe... More

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cy R. Kranak, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cy R. Kranak, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Cy R. Kranak, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, documents outdoor recreational activities at the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz., Jul... More

MK2 Matthew Merel wins surfing competition

MK2 Matthew Merel wins surfing competition

BODEGA BAY, Calif. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Merel, from Station Bodega Bay, poses with his surf board and trophies in front of the station's response boats, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Merel has won the m... More

Surf's up for Coast Guard in annual Hawaii all-military surf classic

Surf's up for Coast Guard in annual Hawaii all-military surf classic

Crewmembers from units throughout the Coast Guard 14th District took part in an annual military surf competition at White Plains Beach, Oahu, June 10, 2017. Members of the Coast Guard Hawaii Surf team took firs... More

Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Killea, the Commanding General

Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Killea, the Commanding General

Brig. Gen. Kevin J. Killea, the Commanding General of Marine Corps Installations – West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and Leanne Ericson, a shark attack survivor, attended a luncheon held at the San Onofre... More

Anna G. Santoro, a bodysurfer, catches a wave at the

Anna G. Santoro, a bodysurfer, catches a wave at the

Anna G. Santoro, a bodysurfer, catches a wave at the 9th Annual Pyramid Rock Bodysurfing Championship, Feb. 8, 2015. The event was created to raise awareness and funds for the Wounded Warrior Regiment. (U.S. Ma... More

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics

U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Jeffrey S. Caraway, a graphics and reproduction specialist with headquarters and headquarters squadron, leaps off the ridge of a sand dune at the Imperial dunes in Yuma, Ariz., July 20, 2... More

Coast Guard veteran and amputee Steven Bruggeman, 46,

Coast Guard veteran and amputee Steven Bruggeman, 46,

Coast Guard veteran and amputee Steven Bruggeman, 46, catches a wave at the 2008 National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic. Bruggeman is from Lennox, S.D.

MK2 Matthew Merel wins surfing competition

MK2 Matthew Merel wins surfing competition

BODEGA BAY, Calif. -- Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Merel, from Station Bodega Bay, poses with his surf board near the station's response boats, Friday, Sept. 16, 2011. Merel has won the military division of ... More

Army veteran Michael Larson receives a lesson in surfing

Army veteran Michael Larson receives a lesson in surfing

Army veteran Michael Larson receives a lesson in surfing from legendary instructor Montgomery "Buttons" Kaluhiokalani at the 2008 National Veterans Summer Sports Clinic.

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kennedy Rose, a combat engineer with

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kennedy Rose, a combat engineer with

U.S. Marine Cpl. Kennedy Rose, a combat engineer with 7th Engineer Support Battalion, 1st Marine Logistics Group, waits for her turn to surf during the annual Commanding General’s Cup Surfing Competition at San... More

Pfc. Katie Markel, a field radio operator with

Pfc. Katie Markel, a field radio operator with

Pfc. Katie Markel, a field radio operator with Communications Shop 38 and an Olathe, Kan., native, rides a wave on a surfboard at Pacific Beach in San Diego, Aug. 25. Markel as well as other Marines surfed and ... More

A participant rides a wave during the 9th Annual Pyramid

A participant rides a wave during the 9th Annual Pyramid

A participant rides a wave during the 9th Annual Pyramid Rock Bodysurfing Championship, Feb. 8, 2015. The event was created to raise awareness and funds for the Wounded Warrior Regiment. (U.S. Marine Corps phot... More

A Joint Task Force Guantanamo trooper  practices standing

A Joint Task Force Guantanamo trooper practices standing

A Joint Task Force Guantanamo trooper practices standing on his surfboard during a surf camp held at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay's Windmill Beach while instructor and pro-surfer Skeeter Zimmerman (left) ... More

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Johnathan Cartrett, intelligence

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Johnathan Cartrett, intelligence

U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Johnathan Cartrett, intelligence officer, G-2, 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, falls from his surfboard while surfing a wave during the 2018 Commanding General’s Cup Surf Contest at the D... More

Marines helping to create an action sport DVD jump

Marines helping to create an action sport DVD jump

Marines helping to create an action sport DVD jump off of a small cliff into the ocean at Sunset Cliff in San Diego, Aug. 25. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the DVD entitled “Literally Living the Drea... More

Marine veteran Sgt. Toran Gaal poses for photo with

Marine veteran Sgt. Toran Gaal poses for photo with

Marine veteran Sgt. Toran Gaal poses for photo with his custom surfboard which allows him to surf despite being a double amputee during the Naval Medical Center San Diego surf therapy clinic in Del Mar, Calif. ... More

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