Editing Michael Durant (section)

==Early life and military training==
Durant was born on July 23, 1961, in [[Berlin, New Hampshire]],<ref name="UCSB">{{Cite web|url=https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-release-statement-michael-durant-joe-bidens-comments-about-being-shot-iraq|title=Press Release - Statement By Michael Durant On Joe Biden's Comments About Being "Shot At" In Iraq|website=presidency.ucsb.edu|publisher=[[University of California, Santa Barbara]]|date=October 1, 2008|accessdate=March 31, 2022|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401035331/https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/press-release-statement-michael-durant-joe-bidens-comments-about-being-shot-iraq|url-status=live}}</ref> the son of Leon Durant and Louise (nee Boucher).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.conwaydailysun.com/berlin_sun/community/leon-r-durant/article_b8b0846a-9c79-56a4-b184-14aa1b5f8d6e.html|title=Leon R. Durant|work=The Berlin Sun|date=October 4, 2010|accessdate=March 31, 2022}}</ref> He enlisted in the U.S. Army in August 1979;<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gadsdenmessenger.com/u-s-senate-candidate-mike-durant-visits-gadsden/|title=U.S. Senate candidate Mike Durant visits Gadsden|last=Bohannon|first=Katie|work=The Gadsden Messenger|date=8 March 2022 |accessdate=March 31, 2022|archive-date=April 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401064244/https://gadsdenmessenger.com/u-s-senate-candidate-mike-durant-visits-gadsden/|url-status=live}}</ref> after completing [[basic training]], he attended the [[Defense Language Institute]]. He was assigned to the 470th Military Intelligence Group at [[Fort Clayton]] in [[Panama]] as a [[Spanish language|Spanish]] voice intercept operator. Durant finished [[helicopter]] flight training at [[Fort Rucker]], [[Alabama]].<ref name="UCSB" /> During [[flight school]], he flew the [[TH-55]] trainer and [[UH-1 Iroquois|UH-1]] [[helicopter]]s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/66864/blackhawk-michael-durant/|title=Black Hawk Down: Michael Durant|work=VAntage Point|publisher=[[United States Department of Veterans Affairs]]|date=October 3, 2019|accessdate=March 31, 2022|archive-date=January 20, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120235537/https://blogs.va.gov/VAntage/66864/blackhawk-michael-durant/|url-status=live}}</ref>