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Operation Surf, a program that supports recovering veterans through surfing, began its week-long event in Avila Beach Sunday.

It all began with a book. More specifically, it began with the title that Surf Life for Women magazine once touted as, “for you if you make little cooing noises

Operation Surf returns to Santa Cruz County

A California nonprofit called Operation Surf helps veterans find solace through surfing in group settings with other veterans.

A local veteran finds new perspective, thanks to the Avila beach-based non-profit, Operation Surf, teaching him how to surf.

Maps of the Battle of Alam el Halfa feature - Attack at Dawn: North Africa Attack at Dawn: North Africa is an operational level wargame set in WW2 North African theatre. It features 3 campaigns, and 15 scenarios which can be played in solo or multiplayer modes. It begins with the German troops probing into the Libyan region of Cyrenaica, and finishes either with the total defeat of German-Italian Panzer Armee, or with the British loss of Egypt and their retreat across the Suez Canal. In this ar...

Serving their country. >> we have rash guards. it has the help for heros on there. >> reporter: this is operation surf. a camp designed to aid the mental rehabilitation by focusing on the physical. jake joined the army in 2005. he was injured in afghanistan. >> my truck hit an ied. broke my ankle, heel, back, arm, and some other things. >> reporter: five years later, he elected to have his leg amputated below the knee. he says it greatly improved his life. and allowed for this adventure. cameron...

Out of rehab facilities and on to a surfboard. stephanie elam hit the beach to check it out. >> these bodies powering into the pacific ocean have stories to tell. they belong to american and british soldier, some retired, some still active duty. all men and women injured while serving their country. >> we have our rash guards. its got the help for heroes on there, operation surf. >> this is operation surf. a camp designed to aid these bounded heroes mental rehabilitation by focus on the physical...

Left side has mobility issues. its a privilege to be out here. >> reporter: but not all of these soldiers wounds are vizzen. >> afghanistan j. >> reporter: she was a medic in the british army for nearly 14 years. >> why were you a medic and discharged? >> reporter: ptsd. i suffered for ten years on and off, and then suffer from depression and anxiety. >> reporter: what do you hope to gain here? >> inner peace, i think, to stop being so sad. >> reporter: 99% of the time theyre standing up by the ...

The way in. that needs to happen. >> and allowed for this adventure. >> cameron crosby was on patrol in korea when he was stabbed by a fellow soldier. he was parable liezed and had a collapsed lung. more than a year since his injury, hes better, but still has challenges. >> my right side can still not feel temperature and my left side has mobility issues. its a privilege to be out here. >> reporter: but not all of these soldiers wounds are visible. >> iraq a couple of time, afghanistan. >>. >> r...