SEA WAVES
Your support makes waves of change.
When you donate to SEA WAVES, you’re helping service members, veterans, and their families access life-saving education, support, and resources for eating disorders and mental health. Every dollar fuels our mission to break stigma, build connection, and ensure no one has to face these battles alone. Join us—be a light in someone’s storm.
At SEA WAVES, we’re breaking the silence around eating disorders in the military. Through education, resources, and support, we empower service members and their families to navigate these challenges with hope and resilience. Because no one should have to navigate this storm alone.
Empowering Through Advocacy
Dedicated to helping the military community confront and overcome eating disorders.
Reducing Mental Health Stigma
Aims to foster understanding and address stigma around mental health.
Raising
Awareness
Brings attention to eating disorders within the military and beyond.
Educational
Empowerment
Provides leaders and individuals with tools to support those struggling with disordered eating.
Promoting Prevention and Treatment
Encourages open discussions and accessible pathways to care.
Building a Resilient Military Culture
Supports a culture prioritizing mental well-being as part of readiness.
To Our Wave Warriors:
If you’re struggling with food or body image, you’re not alone. Explore our Resources Page or reach out directly for the support you need and deserve.
To Military Leadership, Medical Providers, & Supporters:
Your involvement is crucial in recognizing and effectively addressing disordered eating. Untreated disordered eating can lead to severe consequences, including death, with suicide being a leading cause of mortality in individuals with eating disorders. Addressing disordered eating is vital in our shared mission to reduce suicide rates within the military.
To Civilian Eating Disorder Organizations, VSOs and Other Nonprofits:
Collaboration is key. Together, we can offer specialized and comprehensive care to the military community, addressing their unique challenges.
Who is SEA WAVES?
🌊 What S.E.A.W.A.V.E.S. Stands For
At SEA WAVES, our name isn’t just an acronym — it’s our mission in action.
Each letter represents a core pillar of how we support service members, veterans, and their families impacted by eating disorders.
We’re tackling a crisis that’s too often overlooked in military mental health — and building a future where no one has to face it alone.
S — Support
We bridge the gap between the military community and eating disorder care through trusted referrals, guidance, and real-time help navigating systems like TRICARE.
E — Education
Our MEDAL training & Webinars equip military leaders, providers, and VSOs to recognize and respond to eating disorders with confidence and compassion.
A — Awareness
We break silence and stigma through storytelling, national campaigns, and lived-experience advocacy, because eating disorders thrive in the dark.
W — Wellness
Through events, self-care tools, and connection-driven outreach, we promote healing that goes beyond treatment and into everyday life.
A — Advocacy
From the SERVE Act to national coalitions, we fight for policies that recognize eating disorders as readiness and suicide prevention issues.
V — Validation
We back lived experience with data, driving systemic change and ensuring military voices are heard, seen, and believed.
E — Eating Disorders
This is our core focus. Eating disorders impact 1 in 3 military women and 1 in 5 military men, and they’re killing our service members. We’re here to stop that.
S — Suicide Prevention
Eating disorder prevention is suicide prevention. Our programs build connection, education, and early intervention—before crisis hits.
Testimonials
Do you have questions or need support? Don’t hesitate to reach out – our team is here to help and would love to hear from you!