Former combat Marine finds new mission for himself and son in ocean conservation.
U.S. Marine veteran Roger Sparks is standing at the bow of the Force Blue research vessel, his 6-foot-8-inch frame towering over the boat as it glides over the crystal-blue waters off the Florida Keys, calling out directions and poised to dive."Five feet to the right!" he shouts excitedly."It's making its way starboard!"
For its latest mission off the Florida Keys, Force Blue partnered with The Turtle Hospital, Inwater Research Group, Loggerhead Marinelife Center and Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute to study the health of green sea turtles in the Florida Keys. Some of the population is being affected by the harmful disease fibropapillomatosis, also known as FP.
"Every few moments I thought I was going to die," Sparks recalled."There were panicked people, mortally wounded crawling ... soldiers dragging or holding their dead buddies. It was really a desperate situation." So for the next phase of his service -- deploying on conservation missions -- Sparks sought to realign his stateside, post-combat life by reconnecting with his family -- his wife Jennifer, his son Orion, 21, and Oz, who suffers from cerebral palsy.
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