diff --git a/lib/group_commands.lua b/lib/group_commands.lua
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+HOGGIT.GroupCommandAdded = {}
+HOGGIT.GroupCommand = function(group, text, parent, handler)
+  if HOGGIT.GroupCommandAdded[tostring(group)] == nil then
+    log("No commands from group " .. group .. " yet. Initializing menu state")
+    HOGGIT.GroupCommandAdded[tostring(group)] = {}
+  end
+  if not HOGGIT.GroupCommandAdded[tostring(group)][text] then
+    log("Adding " .. text .. " to group: " .. tostring(group))
+    callback = try(handler, function(err) log("Error in group command" .. err) end)
+    missionCommands.addCommandForGroup( group, text, parent, callback)
+    HOGGIT.GroupCommandAdded[tostring(group)][text] = true
+  end
+end
+HOGGIT.GroupMenuAdded={}
+GroupMenu = function( groupId, text, parent )
+  if HOGGIT.GroupMenuAdded[tostring(groupId)] == nil then
+    log("No commands from groupId " .. groupId .. " yet. Initializing menu state")
+    HOGGIT.GroupMenuAdded[tostring(groupId)] = {}
+  end
+  if not HOGGIT.GroupMenuAdded[tostring(groupId)][text] then
+    log("Adding " .. text .. " to groupId: " .. tostring(groupId))
+    HOGGIT.GroupMenuAdded[tostring(groupId)][text] = missionCommands.addSubMenuForGroup( groupId, text, parent )
+  end
+  return HOGGIT.GroupMenuAdded[tostring(groupId)][text]
+end
+
+MessageToGroup = function(groupId, text, displayTime, clear)
+  if not displayTime then displayTime = 10 end
+  if clear == nil then clear = false end
+  trigger.action.outTextForGroup( groupId, text, displayTime, clear)
+end
+
+MessageToAll = function( text, displayTime )
+  if not displayTime then displayTime = 10 end
+  trigger.action.outText( text, displayTime )
+end