Once, the stigma associated with tattoos was that only sailors, whores and criminals had them. Clearly, tattoos have spread from rebel elements of society to the mainstream. Why? Is it the need for something permanent in a disposable society? Is it a rejection of the unattainability and sarcasm of contemporary art by the common man? Again, look around you. People with tattoos are not only bikers and rebels. They are mothers and fathers and teachers and lawyers and businessmen and women. They are us.

Army Rangers. The most highly trained, elite force of the army. "The Tip of the Sword." More than one Ranger told me "When everyone else is running out, we're running in." Each battalion has deployed multiple times, some as many as 12 or 13 times, always to the most dangerous areas of the war. Why? Simple, they say. Rangers lead the way.