GROUNDED and CURED
One Marine Fighter Pilot's Inspirational Story of Miraculous Healing from a Rare Bone Cancer through Alternative Medicine and His Unprecedented Return to Flight Status
by LtCol David "T-Bone" Trombly, USMC (Ret)
David Trombly is the author of Grounded and Cured: One Marine Fighter Pilot’s Inspirational Story of Miraculous Healing from a Rare Bone Cancer through Alternative Medicine and His Unprecedented Return to Flight Status. The book details his personal journey as a Marine with a promising career as an F/A-18 fighter pilot who was diagnosed with a rare terminal cancer known as Primary Lymphoma of Bone.
Despite the grim prognosis, he and his wife, Megan, explored alternative treatments, which led to his miraculous recovery and allowed him to return to his flying career1. The book was published on March 1, 2021, and it’s an inspiring true story of courage, determination, and peace
A Book for Anyone in a Fight.
A Marine with a budding career as an F/A-18 fighter pilot, David Trombly received the shocking news that he had a rare terminal cancer, a Primary Lymphoma of Bone, from which there had never been a military survivor. With this knowledge, he and his wife, Megan, embarked upon the difficult research of alternative treatments propelling them into not only a battle for David’s life but also his military career. Journey with them through ambushes, EMCON, and reconnaissance missions all the way to Washington D.C.’s highest military medical court in the exciting, true story of courage and peace as told in the pages of his recently published book “Grounded and Cured.”
LtCol David “T-Bone” Trombly retired in 2019 after serving in the US Marine Corps for 25 years. His military career culminated in training Student Naval Aviators and first-tour Flight Instructors as the Reserve Senior Marine at Naval Air Station Whiting Field. A published author and sought-after motivational speaker, and recent guest on the 700 Club and Daystar TV, David also serves as Chaplain for Pensacola’s professional Hockey Team—the Pensacola Ice Flyers; the NW Florida Gold Star Families, and the Marine Corps League’s Corporal J.R. Spears Detachment 66. David and his wife, Megan, are Diamonds in Young Living and have six children and reside in the Pensacola, Florida area.