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yes . Uh it's part of a program that's

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called adaptive sports , that's been

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set up , uh , at the walter reed

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hospital , and we're the scuba program

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that's offered there and that's what we

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conduct in the therapy pool . So it is

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part of the therapy act .

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Oh , it's a , it's a great feeling ,

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it's just phenomenal , you know , to

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see how these guys uh , meet those

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challenges . It not only is

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beneficial to them , but I just put

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them in the water and having them enjoy

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it , but it's also given them , you

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know , a sense of mobility that they

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don't have on land and visiting that

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underwater world is a really different

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world to those guys and uh , just

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seeing how they do that when they all

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do it actually extremely well , you

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know , um , they meet that and have

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that sense of accomplishment .

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Yeah . One of the main things that we

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find and depending on their injuries ,

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because everybody is a little different .

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You know , we have people with , you

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know , spinal injuries , of course , we

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have the amputees when you have

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amputees that are missing , uh , you

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know , one leg , some of them double

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legs , it's all a matter of the

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buoyancy and the balance underwater

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because we're placing them in this

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three dimensional liquid environment

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and it's a little harder for them to

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make those adjustments . So that's

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probably the biggest thing , but , uh ,

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but they deal with it , they deal with

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excellent