Operation blue pride provides scuba training and activities to disabled veterans. OBP's training is adapted for each individual's needds and in accordance with established certification guidelines

Operation Blue Pride will receive $159,074 under a one-year Project Grant from the Department of Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration to provide scuba training and activities adapted for disabled veterans' needs. The grant funding will support Operation Blue Pride's New England chapter in delivering its programs from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. The funding is provided through the VA Grants for Adaptive Sports Programs for Disabled Veterans and Disabled Members of the Armed Forces program (CFDA #64.034), which aims to support adaptive sports organizations in planning, developing, managing and implementing programs for disabled veterans and service members. Operation Blue Pride will use the grant funding to offer scuba training and activities tailored to individual veterans' disabilities and in accordance with certification guidelines, supporting the adaptive sports program's goal of increasing opportunities for disabled veterans and military personnel to participate in recreational activities.