Among these warriors were two Marines and three soldiers.  The Marines, Tyler and Steve, traveled from North Carolina.  Tyler had served five years as a mortarman with 2d Battalion, 6th Marines and fought in the Battle of Marjah in Afghanistan in 2011-12.  Steve served eight years in the Marine Corps infantry and fought on two deployments to Afghanistan in 2003 and 2004.

Six Marines and two soldiers arrived at Los Sueños Resort in Costa Rica for Freedom Alliance’s event called “Operation Elevation”, a new event along the vein of the Offshore Experience – a model combining mountaintop experiences with a series of structured talks.

“My son always said, ‘You talk about big fish, but I only see small fish photos.’”  That problem would be solved for the Marine combat engineer attending the Offshore Experience in April…and many times over for the whole group!