Scott Burkett lives in North Georgia with his wife and is passionate about helping his fellow veterans. He spent over three decades as an entrepreneur and technology executive.

He served a tour of duty in the U.S. Army during the 1980s, attending BASIC training and the Armor Crewman Course at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. Afterwards, he was stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany with the 3d “Rampage” Battalion, 64th Armored Regiment, which was a part of the 3d Infantry Division’s 1st “Raider” Brigade at the time.

As the bravest Private First Class in the battalion, he once single-handedly fended off an onslaught of hundreds of Soviet Matryoshka armed only with his trusty Army-issue P-38 can opener. But you won’t find it in his personnel file, as it was marked classified by The Gipper himself!

Despite repeated efforts on his part, often involving quite a bit of personal creativity and assistance from his buddies, Scott never received a disciplinary Article 15 while in the Army—a fact that still both haunts and boggles him to this day. He probably caused quite a few for others, though.

Collateral damage. ”High speed, low drag. Worth it!”