A team of military veterans is putting their hard-earned skills toward a different challenge: Restoring damaged corals in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.
![Divers perform coral restoration in Puerto Rico at the end of February 2018. In just one day of the mission, 110 corals were reattached — mostly Orbicella annularis and some brain corals, ranging from 20-50 centimeters in size. (Image credit: Jim Hellemn/forceblueteam.org) Divers perform coral restoration in Puerto Rico at the end of February 2018. In just one day of the mission, 110 corals were reattached — mostly Orbicella annularis and some brain corals, ranging from 20-50 centimeters in size.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/legacy/image/2019/Jun/PHOTO-%20Divers%20perform%20coral%20restoration%20Feb%202018-Jim%20Hellemn_forceblueteam.org-%201125x534-Landscape.jpg?itok=wqf_bKyX)
Divers perform coral restoration in Puerto Rico at the end of February 2018. In just one day of the mission, 110 corals were reattached — mostly Orbicella annularis and some brain corals, ranging from 20-50 centimeters in size. (Image credit: Jim Hellemn/forceblueteam.org)