Story by Cpl. James Sauter | Marine Corps Base Hawaii | 12.14.2012
As the sun begins to peak above the horizon, a cold wind blows across a barren wasteland, high in the mountains and hills of the island of Hawaii. Used for military field exercises, the Pohakuloa Training Area sits in a valley between two dormant volcanoes, and is covered in loose rock, dust and inhabited by few species of animal. On a hill side along the flank of the firing batteries,......