Staff Sergeant Matthew L. Slade photographs Operation Amped surfers on San Onofre Beach, August 21. Slade is a wounded warrior and student of Wounded Warrior Battalion West’s photography class, fStop. The fStop Warrior Project supports wounded warriors’ recovery and transition through creative self-expression using the art of digital photography. - Staff Sergeant Matthew L. Slade photographs Operation Amped surfers on San Onofre Beach, August 21. Slade is a wounded warrior and student of Wounded Warrior Battalion West’s photography class, fStop. The fStop Warrior Project supports wounded warriors’ recovery and transition through creative self-expression using the art of digital photography.

Cpl. Toran Gaal, a dpuble amputee, rides a wave during the Operation Amped surf clinic at San Onofre beach here, Aug. 24. Many veterans use surfing as an escape while others surf as a part of their new lifestyle. - Cpl. Toran Gaal, a dpuble amputee, rides a wave during the Operation Amped surf clinic at San Onofre beach here, Aug. 24. Many veterans use surfing as an escape while others surf as a part of their new lifestyle.

Wounded Warrior, Sgt. Michael Spivey, a combat engineer with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, stands with his surfboard, waiting for another participant, before attacking the Pacific Ocean waves during a three-day surf camp at Camp Pendleton's San Onofre Beach, Aug. 12. Operation Amped held the sport therapy camp to provide surfing lessons to rehabilitating injured service members and their families.::r::::n:: - Wounded Warrior, Sgt. Michael Spivey, a combat engineer with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, stands with his surfboard, waiting for another participant, before attacking the Pacific Ocean waves during a three-day surf camp at Camp Pendleton's San Onofre Beach, Aug. 12. Operation Amped held the sport therapy camp to provide surfing lessons to rehabilitating injured service members and their families.::r::::n::