VET VOICE FOUNDATION - NATIONAL PARKS DIGITAL SPOT CAMPAIGN

 DEFEND OUR PUBLIC LANDS - DIGITAL SPOT I - Vitali, a U.S. Air Force veteran, calls the California's Central Coast his home. Learn how he went from seeking refuge in the forests while growing up in the Soviet Union to now calling the Los Padres National Forest his sanctuary.

 DEFEND OUR PUBLIC LANDS - DIGITAL SPOT II - When Tracy Cooper Harris, a U.S. Army veteran and Los Angeles County resident, left the military she turned to the outdoors as a way to reconnect with her community. “Even in the midst of this urban area you still have all of this beauty and greenery around.”

 DEFEND OUR PUBLIC LANDS - DIGITAL SPOT III - Luke Burns served as a broadcast journalist in the U.S. Army. After traveling the world, he returned to "one of the most beautiful parts of the world"—Northern California.

“There are things that are worth saving and preserving. [Getting outdoors] to take advantage of what this country has to offer is a way for me to see what I was defending..."

 DEFEND OUR PUBLIC LANDS - DIGITAL SPOT IV - Ricardo Chavez served in the U.S. Army for 21 years. He deployed to Iraq three times and to Afghanistan once. Since leaving the military, the former infantryman, has turned to the outdoors as a way to reconnect with his community.

"Getting back to nature and taking care of yourself and your family--that can be therapeutic. And I think getting outdoors is the best way to decompress."