Mission Statement.jpg) Soldiers Undertaking Disabled Scuba (SUDS) at Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) and Bethesda Naval Hospital is designed to help improve the lives of injured soldiers returning from Iraq & Afghanistan. By training the soldiers in a challenging & rewarding activity it can help facilitate the rehabilitation process & promote mobility. Offering this venue provides the soldier with a sport they can enjoy throughout their life. Operation Bottom Time is a SUDS fundraising event. It focuses on engaging the diving community in the ongoing support of newly certified SUDS divers through participation in the completion of the soldiers open water certification. SUDS is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization & a chapter of the Wounded Warrior / Disabled Sports Project.
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** SUDS was on ABC World News Tonight with Charlie Gibson Wednesday May 20th at 6:30 est. The a piece was from our recent trip to St. John, USVI. Below is a link to the World News Tonight story and video as well as the previous story that ran on Good Morning America.
http://abcnews.go.com/WN/WoodruffReports/story?id=7270259&page=1
http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=7143416
xxx News Alert xxx Tonight (23 June) HBO's program Real Sports will air a segment on our (SUDS) trip to GTMO, Cuba last month. xxx News Alert xxx
~ Danny & Kevin are taking our 1st group of Marines out of NNMC (Bethesda) to Ft. Lauderdale on 18 June to complete their scuba certification. They have 3 days of diving planned. Our July trip will be with Olympus Dive Center in Morehead City, NC.
~SUDS would like to thank everyone who has offered their support and all who have offered to help with the instruction of the Wounded Warriors. Currently we are fully staffed with 10 instructors covering WRAMC and NNMC. Our certification trips are run and taught by the instructors that work with the Wounded Warriors at the hospitals.
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