Site launched
Placeholder first post. Follow along on X for day-to-day updates as the homestead takes shape.
Alpha Company, 1/5 Marines
Cpl., USMC, Alpha Co., 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, during the march to Baghdad.
About
I'm Sonny Morgan, Thomas K. Morgan II, and I go by trueTKactual. I served as a corporal in the United States Marine Corps. My next mission is building a homestead from the ground up near Amory in Monroe County, Mississippi.
Editable: add a few personal lines here in your own words.
Service
Scout Sniper Platoon, "Seminole Alpha"
1/5 Scout Sniper Platoon team "Seminole Alpha," Fallujah.
Mentioned in
Soldier of Fortune, June 2005, "Sniper Diary"; HOGs in the Shadows, ch. 7; and Through Our Eyes (Odom).
Farm Journey
I'm moving to Monroe County, Mississippi, near Amory, to build a homestead: learning the land, the soil and the seasons, working with local extension and USDA resources, and putting in the work.
For the land, the area, the climate and local resources, see Prairie & Pine LLC.
Updates
Did you know?
Military Veteran Farmers
USDA offers veterans special provisions, including loan funding preference and EQIP/CSP ranking priority.
Farmers.gov (USDA)
How to Start a Farm: Beginning Farmers and Ranchers
USDA considers anyone farming less than ten years a beginning farmer, with dedicated loans and state coordinators.
Farmers.gov (USDA)
Armed to Farm Mississippi
A free, week-long NCAT training for veterans in Hattiesburg, supported by USDA NIFA's AgVets program.
NCAT
Free farming and beekeeping opportunities for Veterans
Online and hybrid programs, including Heroes to Hives.
VA News
Small Farm Business Basics
Planning, records, finances and pricing for small farms.
Mississippi State University Extension
Veterans Business Outreach Center at MSU
Business counseling, training and Boots to Business for veterans in Mississippi.
MSU VBOC
Farmer Veteran Coalition
A national nonprofit mobilizing veterans to feed America, including the Farmer Veteran Fellowship Fund.
Farmer Veteran Coalition
Contact
Send a message below, or reach me on X: @realSonnyMorgan.