About the Author

Captain Groom was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in May of 2009 and was designated a naval aviator in March of 2012, flying the AH-1W Super Cobra Attack Helicopter Gunship. He has personally logged over four hundred hours of sexual assault and prevention training. His first duty station was Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. His first deployment was on the Thirty-First Marine Expeditionary Unit in Okinawa, Japan. He participated in the dog and pony show known as Ssang Young 2014. His professional interests include training rosters, PowerPoint presentations, simulated employment of ordnance, safety stand-downs, and humanitarian and disaster relief missions. His whereabouts are unknown at this time.