CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A local veteran is encouraging his fellow service members to get outdoors for their mental health. Coastal Bend Veteran starts nonprofit for nature therapy

In a joint effort with the Corpus Christi Downtown Lions Club , The new nonprofit, Whiskey Juliette , will host a ruck event Sunday for veterans' mental health awareness.

Tony Jaramillo

Ernest Tellez is a former Army infantryman and founder of Whiskey Juliette. He explained what rucking is.

"Essentially a ruck is just a walk with a backpack and some type of weight in it," Tellez said.

But how does rucking help with mental health?

"It helps just promote exercise. So when you exercise, it helps release endorphins. I'm not an expert on all that, but those feel-good feelings," Telle

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