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Veterans backing Veterans.

Stop surviving. Start thriving.

  • 2x The Veteran suicide rate compared with non-Veteran adults, nationally (2023).
  • 61% Veterans who died by suicide in 2023 had not received VA health care in the prior year.
  • 103.1% Higher age-adjusted suicide rate for women Veterans compared with non-Veteran women in 2023.

Suicide is only one measure of this loss — national CDC data shows Veterans also carry a higher burden of chronic disease, chronic pain, and disability than non-Veterans.

Our Mission & Vision

When our nation’s military Veterans made the choice to enlist or accept a commission as an officer, they signed a blank check payable for up to and including their life.

With the utmost gratitude and respect, we believe it is our mission to provide the “backup” — the tools, training, and resources — for these heroes as they return to civilian life.

The training, discipline, and judgment that carried them through every mission don’t expire when they come home. Our vision is a country where every Veteran has what the next mission calls for.

The mission of Convergence is to provide personalized and innovative opportunities for Veterans, offering them the tools, training, and resources to overcome physical and psychological challenges.

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Mission Brief

You Already Have What It Takes

Veterans are some of the most capable problem-solvers this country has. You were trained, equipped, and resourced for missions most people will never face, and you got them done. Those skills didn't stay behind when the uniform came off. What changes is the terrain. Our job is to put the right tools, training, and resources in your hands so you can take on what's next the way you always have: with your own skill and your own judgment.

  • Tools

    Proven, practical tools for civilian life, from PTSD dive therapy and service animals to at-home wellness practices and family-preparedness guides.

  • Training

    Train alongside fellow Veterans and licensed professionals. Learn to identify and respond to PTSD triggers, and put your skills back to work on real-world mission ops.

  • Resources

    One point of contact for mental health professionals, partner organizations, and our Retreat & Wellness Center, so you can choose what fits and set your own course.

How We Equip Veterans

  • A Veteran in silhouette, reflecting on the mental health challenges faced after service

    Mental Health

    A single point of contact for licensed mental health professionals trained in a range of therapeutic modalities, plus peer counseling — a team built around the Veterans it serves.

  • Letras, Mark’s service dog, standing on green grass in a camouflage shirt and a harness with a “Service Dog” patch

    Service & Support Animal Resources

    We equip Veterans with the knowledge and resources to find the right animal for their needs, from a trained service animal to an emotional support or companion animal, and connect them with reputable organizations that can make an appropriate match.

  • Mark up on the hay bales with therapy goats Boo and Kat, scratching Boo under the chin under a clear blue sky

    Animal Therapy

    Time with animals can calm the body and quiet the mind, with no words required.

  • Community members thanking the Convergence & Hope Fleet with a hand-painted banner after a humanitarian aid mission

    Veteran-led Mission Ops

    Veterans are the mission, and Veterans need a mission — humanitarian aid missions and mobile medical clinics run by Veterans, for Veterans and the communities they serve.

  • Ceaseless Explorer, our 56-foot expedition trawler, at anchor under stormy skies, with the Convergence, NOAA, and American Legion logos on her side

    Water-Based Programs Aboard M/V Ceaseless Explorer

    Hands-on healing and conservation work aboard our 56-foot expedition trawler — a new environment for healing.

    • SCUBA diving therapy
    • NOAA Voluntary Observing Ship (VOS) Program
    • NOAA Sea Drifter Buoy Program
    • Coral reef restoration
    • Invasive species eradication
  • The Convergence retreat property in Bocas del Toro, Panama, seen across the calm Caribbean water

    Retreat & Wellness Center

    Our Retreat & Wellness Center in Bocas del Toro, Panama, now under construction, will give Veterans a tropical space for recovery, resilience, and renewed purpose.

Current Op Highlight

Veterans are the mission, and Veterans need a mission.

Convergence gives Veterans a renewed sense of purpose as they engage in environmental stewardship, humanitarian aid, medical clinic, and disaster-response missions. Participants serve others and regain the unique, purposeful team environment many have missed since leaving the service.

Humanitarian aid being loaded aboard for Operation Caribbean Reach, 6 February 2026

Operation Caribbean Reach

Operation Caribbean Reach is our Veteran-led maritime mission using Ceaseless Explorer, a 56-foot Expedition Trawler, as a floating lifeline for U.S. Veterans and vulnerable coastal communities in the Caribbean and Central America — serving as a mobile clinic, humanitarian aid vessel, and a place of purpose and healing for Veterans navigating PTSD.

Our crew has already delivered donated aid to a 300-child orphanage in Río Dulce, Guatemala, and deployed NOAA SeaDrifter buoys along the way to collect ocean-current data.

More on Operation Caribbean Reach →

Watch the mission in action

What Veterans are saying

  • SRReagan, TSgt, USAF (Ret.)

    Dan Erbling and his Convergence project has consistently put the needs of the Veteran community at the forefront of his vision. I have watched him for the last two years gather resources and talent in his quest to provide training and opportunity to our Veterans so that they are not just given a hand out but rather a hand up! If supporting Veterans is of interest to you, this is the way to do it!

  • Brad Hanson | Veteran USN

    I would like to say a few words regarding Dan Erbling and the project he has been carrying with his heart and his shoulders. Convergence is a non profit that is dedicated to the providing solutions to the problems that returning combat and other Veterans endure. In the face of physical adversity Dan has continued to move forward with his dream to end Veteran suicide. I can't say enough about this program.

  • Jim T.

    I served in the Army for 12 years. Went into combat theater. Desert Shield / Storm Operation just cause. Came back with health issues that for years went undiagnosed by any doctor including VA. As well as hearing loss an PTSD. Without any care. I Felt lost. I’m so glad to find a Veterans outreach organization that helps fill vets in on our needs. Thank you Dan Erbling and your team. For the all the hard work to put this massive task into a working organization. That works great for all our Veterans.

  • JD Allison MSgt, USAF (Ret)

    “The Convergence project is the wonderful vision of Dan Erbling. His heart is about helping vets with their needs with services that are not always attainable through the VA. Dan and those working with him bring the passion that drives all the opportunities being offered to the Veterans. If your heart is also with the vets, this is the project to get involved with.”

  • Jared

    Testimonial: Since my youth, I have always been grateful for the men and women who have given their time and their lives to serve our country. We all get to enjoy the freedom that only comes from the price that these brave citizens have paid with their time, their blood, and their lives. Convergence is an effort to support our Veterans after they have paid the price. Don't we all owe them our love and support to help them continue their lives with hope and happiness? I fully support Convergence as an organization that can provide the mental and emotional support our Veterans need.

  • CPT Brian Todd, US Army

    “Programs to assist combat Veterans in managing Post Traumatic Stress are a critical service. Convergence is offering innovative approaches to healing and supporting the well-being of Veterans. Having experienced the challenges associated with returning from combat, I’m excited to see the impact these services will make.”

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“No service member carried out their military missions alone, and they shouldn’t be left without the proper backup when they make the transition out of the service either.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

Video courtesy of Cameron Cushman

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“Let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly on the seas, in the air, and on foreign shores, to preserve our heritage of freedom.”

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The Convergence team at the Retreat & Wellness Center in Bocas del Toro, Panama

How You Can Be Part of the Solution

Together, let’s converge on this opportunity to empower and heal those who have given us their all.

Ways you can help:

  • Donate
  • Volunteer
  • Partnerships
  • Collaboration
  • Channel Partnerships

Your donation, volunteering, or partnership will put mental health tools, training, and resources in the hands of those who have served.

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Newsletter · Field Dispatch

Get the Mission Report

Straight from the field to your inbox — what we're doing, who we're serving, and how you can stand with us.

  1. Mission updates from Panama, the Caribbean, and wherever Veterans need us
  2. Stories of hope Veterans finding their way home — in their own words
  3. Ways to serve volunteer calls, supply drives, and other needs

With gratitude,
— The Convergence Team

Two Convergence team members in matching caps smile and give a thumbs-up on a wooden porch.
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