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  • The night I was nearly killed by a kamikaze deer

    It was a dark and stormy night. The dense trees on either side of the unlit road whooshed past, the occasional fifty-five speed limit and mileage sign illuminated by my high-beams. A lonely and slightly eerie feeling pressed against my car, as if carried by the wind and rain. As I hurtled on, I

  • True grit

    I'm a big movie buff and I grew up watching movies such as True Grit, McClintock, The Quiet Man and The Green Berets with my father, so needless to say I'm a big John Wayne fan. Though he won an Oscar for his role in True Grit, it's not the storyline of that movie that's always intrigued me, but

  • Semper Fidelis

    During the American Revolution, many important political discussions took place in the inns and taverns of Philadelphia, including the founding of the Marine Corps. A committee of the Continental Congress met at Tun Tavern to draft a resolution calling for two battalions of Marines able to fight for

  • Transforming for the Future

    17th Training Group Detachment 1 is in the beginning stages of transformation and at the center of providing support to Airmen across Fort Huachuca, now more than ever. Until recently, the detachment's primary mission was to support students and instructors from the Morse Intercept Course, Foreign

  • Investing in people

    In today's military, people are our most valuable resource. As anyone can plainly see, we are surrounded by highly trained, well educated and extremely dedicated people. Without their collective efforts, the mission wouldn't be accomplished and success would be unreachable. One of the most rewarding