NUGGET NUMBER 4: COMING HOME

It’s hard to put a finger on exactly when the feelings began, but it was early in my return home. I think it was partly the realization that while we had been fighting and dying in the desert, everyone else had gone on with their lives like nothing was happening.

Garry Owens in the Mist

Within the U.S. military there exists a special creature. This creature, in its natural habitat, can often be found in isolated areas with nominal support. This isolation from the larger force, combined with a few centuries of evolution, has resulted in the multi-wheeled conundrum that is the Cavalry Scout.