The idea that nature has therapeutic benefits isn’t new. Doctors and wellness experts have long recommended “getting out into nature” to help with all manner of ailments, many of them emotional or psychological.
Outdoor recreation groups are taking that concept a step further, creating programs specifically geared to returning military veterans. Results of a study conducted at the University of Michigan for the Sierra Club Military Families and Veterans Initiative showed that post-military service participation in extended group outdoor recreation experiences are associated with a number of significant health benefits.
The findings also suggest that engaging in outdoor activities that involved physical challenge, camaraderie and 
achievement of an objective might resonate with the types of experiences that make military service meaningful and rewarding, wrote study authors Jason Duvall and Rachel Kaplan.
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