Stimulate me. Don't bore me. See things for what they are and how they are - no excuses and misplaced blame - just deal with it. Everything happens for a reason. Life has ironic and unexpected twists and turns that cross borders. I'm not interested in living within borders; I want to experience the extreme and unexpected. This is what I live by. That is one reason why I am a SCOUT. I see no room to be stifled by conservative societal norms and politics. No objections please, here they are not needed. Some people ask what a SCOUT is. A SCOUT is hard to explain in many ways. Here are a few things to help you understand what a SCOUT is. * You have no problem running 5 miles drunk. * You have no problem maxing a PT Test drunk. * You have no problems doing a 12 mile foot march drunk. * You have no problems but drinking problems, and you don't think its a problem at all. * You would fight for a guy you barely know, as long as he's a scout. * You'd fight your best friend, even though he's a scout. * Monday morning formation should be taped and sent in to the Howard Stern Show. * You know someone who has done the following: 1. pissed themselves, shit themselves, puked on themselves, and in turn did all of the above on other people, and loved it 2. killed a Hadji, and loved it 3. killed a case inbetween COB and last light, and loved it. 4. ran a few miles on a broken something, and loved it. * You know that work is work and play is play. * You pride yourself on getting dirtier than any POG, but looking prettier at the same time. * You know heroes. * You know heroes that don't care if they are heroes. * Your buddies know all of your business, tell all of your business, but when the shit gets hot, its always time to handle some goddamn business. * You wince when a POG handles his weapon like a POG. * You know POG dudes hate you because POG chicks love you. * You realize you are one of the hardest motherfuckers in the country, and that's just before anyone else gets out of bed. * You got stopped in the airport by some fat security guard on the way home from OIF or OEF because your uniform had bomb residue, blood, or powder burns on it, and they treated you like a terrorist because of it. * You say Roger when Roger could mean a really bad day. * You say Roger because you welcome a bad day. * You would bleed on the flag so the stripes stay red. * You can fall asleep absolutely anywhere. * You hear Kuwait, you automatically get the shits. * You hear Iraq/Afghanistan, you say, fuck it dude, Round Two, Three, Four, whatever. * You are the sore-footed, camo-faced, sun burnt, dirty, tired hungry sons-of-a-bitches that have fought so long to keep the wolf at the gate. You know this and you don't care if anyone else knows this. * You are the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world, and damn proud of it. * I'll drink to that. ***People sleep peacefully in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf***