Nick Jones, a valley newcomer, joined the U.S. Marine Corps when he was 18. He went on to serve 12 years, eight of those as a Marine special operator or a “Marine raider.” He conducted a total of five deployments, three combat. On his last deployment, he said he was wounded while trying to recover two of his teammates who had just been killed. Ingrained in his memory, he heard, “Eagle down,” over the radio.