The word "community" is often used, whether it refers to where you live, or a cheesy line often used by employers to describe their workplace environment. The community within the Armed Forces Initiative isn't just a buzzword. It's a place where you belong, where veterans, active-duty service members, and other members of our military community come together through the common pursuits of hunting, angling, and conservation. Our camps and events are not just gatherings but opportunities to ...

  By Jake Lunsford   Wind howled through the canyon like a locomotive, snapping fire-blackened aspens and leaving a graveyard of widow-makers and deadfall in its wake. When we set camp, I had been excited to use my new tipi tent – the kind with the three-hands-required-for-assembly wood stove. Now I was going to die in this tent. I looked over at Ronan – a friend I was deployed with twice overseas – for solidarity in our final moments before being pulverized by whatever angry mountain god ...