Long before Michael Curtis Broughton earned his Combat Infantryman’s Badge or directed major DOD air mobility operations from the Arctic tundra of Fort Wainwright, he was waking up before sunrise to get in the water. From 1990 to 1997, Broughton competed as a member of the Normal Parks Sharks in Bloomington-Normal, Illinois, earning multiple MVP honors that were covered by The Pantagraph, the region’s leading newspaper. He wasn’t just participat…
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