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Hi, Wikipedia; I'm Mark.

Given my U.S. military and law enforcement (LE) background, I mainly edit and/or contribute to military and LE pages. I consider myself an amateur military historian, semi-professional LE historian, amateur hopologist, and amateur phalerist. My focus is on military aviation and naval warfare, especially, with a focus on WWII through to the early Cold War. I also enjoy alternate history novels, video games, working-out, (editing Wikipedia, apparently), and... that’s about it. I'm terribly boring and I probably don't hold the views that you would expect me to hold, and that's all I'll say about that.

I'm from New England.

I'm a former USAF SOWT and current civilian law enforcement officer.

Article ideas (article titles are work-in-progress)
· AN/ASQ-239 Barracuda
· Boston School Police (I kind of did it, here)
· Hospital police
· Marineküstenpolizei
· St. Paul Pioneer Guard
· Super-heavy armor-piercing shell (briefly discussed here; Otherwise, I have begun working on it here)
· Vermont Capital Police

Awards

This editor has been awarded the Working Wikipedian's Barnstar for the 2025 AfC Backlog Drive.

Good Article; Awarded for AIM-174B Gunslinger

This editor has been awarded the Working Wikipedian's Barnstar for the 2025 NPR Backlog Drive.

This editor has been awarded the Editor's Barnstar by Samvielsona for assistance with the Battle of Stalingrad's impacts on civilians article.

This editor was awarded the Working Wikipedian's Barnstar by Samvielsona for assistance with the Soviet home front during World War II article.

This editor was awarded the Tireless Contributor Barnstar in November 2025

Please note that my username is "MWFwiki" and that I am not officially affiliated with the "WMF" (Wikimedia Foundation), nor is it my intent to deceive anyone into believing so. In 2025, I polled a group of experienced editors regarding changing my username, and the consensus (by a relatively large margin) was to retain my current username. That said, if you have clicked on my userpage under the assumption that I am affiliated with the WMF, please let me know via my Talk page.