Hometown Hero Outdoors is a non-profit organization facilitating outdoor adventures for serving military, military veterans, and first responders actively. These adventures include hunting, fishing, backpacking, foraging, camping, snowmobiling, and much more. Our primary goal is to assist these individuals as they begin healing and building healthy relationships within the community by:
Encouraging them to get up and get Moving.
Connecting them with likeminded individuals.
Reminding them that they are appreciated and cared for.
Allowing them to explore and be adventurous in a safe setting.
My name is David Willis, I knew at a very early age that I was going into the military but didn’t know what branch. As I got older and started learning about each branch and quickly figured out that the Marines was the best. I served in the Marine Corps from 97-04. My MOS was 0311(infantry). I went to Paris Island for boot camp after boot camp I was stationed with 2nd blt 8th Marines Golf company. While with 2/8 I went on several deployments to port a prince Haiti, Okinawa, South Korea, Greece, also did two trips to Bridgeport California for cold weather training, I wasn’t going to make a Mediterranean float so I extended and joined 1st blt 8th Marines Bravo company. During my time there we deployed to the Mediterranean and had stops in Spain, Italy, Malta, Africa, and other ports. I got out of the Marines in August of 01, but 9/11 happened and was recalled to go back in where I was stationed with a mobilization support battalion and deployed.
