Story by Lance Cpl. Bernadette Wildes | III Marine Expeditionary Force | 02.24.2017
CAMP HANSEN, OKINAWA, Japan – Gunnery Sgt. Todd Groves started out as a pig farmer in Fulton, Missouri. He performed a variety of manual labor before joining the Marine Corps at age 27. At one point, he drove trucks packed with groceries from coast to coast. He saw mountains, rivers, and everything in between, never imagining that the small island of Okinawa would eventually be a place......
Story by Samuel King Jr. | 919th Special Operations Wing | 04.29.2013
"Blackbird fly... into the light of a dark, black night."
