Organizations Filed Purposes:
FORCE BLUE WAS CREATED TO ADDRESS TWO SEEMINGLY UNRELATED PROBLEMS - THE RAPDILY DECLINING HEALTH OF OUR PLANET'S MARINE RESOURCES AND THE DIFFICULTY MANY RETURNING COMBAT VETERANS HAVE IN ADJUSTING TO CIVILIAN LIFE. BY UNITING THE COMMUNITY OF SPECIAL OPERATIONS VETERANS WITH THE WORLD OF MARINE SCIENCE AND CONSERVATION IN ONE, MISSION-FOCUSED PROGRAM, FORCE BLUE HAS CREATED A MODEL OF CARING, COOPERATION AND POSITIVE CHANGE WITH THE POWER TO RESTORE LIVES AND RESTORE THE PLANET.
FORCE BLUE IS THE ONLY NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD THAT RETRAINS, RETOOLS AND REDEPLOYS FORMER SPECIAL OPERATIONS VETERANS AND MILITARY-TRAINED COMBAT DIVERS ON MISSIONS OF MARINE CONSERVATION.
FLORIDA CORAL REEF DISEASE INTERVENTION: THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION APPROACHED FORCE BLUE ABOUT A DEPLOYMENT TO MONITOR AND CURB THE SPREAD OF STONY CORAL TISSUE LOSS DISEASE IN THE REEFS AROUND FLORIDA. PARTNERING WITH SCIENTISTS FROM NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY, FORCE BLUE VETERANS DEPLOYED TO AN 88 MILE STRETCH OF REEF ALONG THE FLORIDA KEYS TO STUDY AND TREAT THE AFFLICTED CORALS.
GREEN SEA TURTLE MISSION: IN JUNE 2019 FORCE BLUE PARTNERED WITH THE TURTLE HOSPITAL IN MARATHON, THE LOGGERHEAD MARINE LIFE CENTER, THE INWATER RESEARCH GROUP AND FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY TO EMBARK ON A FIRST-OF-ITS KIND MISSION TO STUDY THE SPREAD OF FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS AMONGST THE GREEN TURTLES OF FLORIDA.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Angelo Fiore | Director | 40 | $56,267 |
| Keith Sahm | Secretary | 40 | $50,666 |
| James Ritterhoff | President & CEO | 40 | $50,666 |
| Nichole Rosga | Director | 40 | $18,347 |
| Ken Roche | Treasurer | 10 | $0 |
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