well...im 48years old...i have 2 combat tours to iraq...which is a shit hole...i have a very beautiful daughter....I love being a soldier...there is no better feeling then knowing you have taken the greatest sacrifice for your country...I love my mother very much...dont get me wrong im not a "mommy's boy"....i have alot of friends and a few have earned the right to be my "brothers"...i take every experience i incounter in my life and turn it into a leason...thats why i get so much out of a day...and if you look back you really do learn something new every day wether its something about the world around you or about yourself...they say that "if you truely understand yourself then you will truely understand the world around you"