Marine veteran Jeremy Eaton, founder of the Chicago chapter of Heroes on the Water, an ambassador with the We Defy Foundation, a staff instructor at Dive Right in Scuba in Plainfield (which offers a program for veterans to become dive professionals), and a member of the Joliet Police Department’s Battle Buddies, takes a portrait at Hammel Woods, Shorewood on Oct. 2, 2025. (Laurie Fanelli)