If you feel that you have boy feet planted on the ground, then the university has failed you.

If you have both feet planted on level ground, then the university has failed you. -Robert F. Goheen.

That environment down there has forced people to get very ingenious.

The reason is that Guard commanders generally have a better working relationship with local authorities. Guard forces can also perform law enforcement functions. That mission was seen as a harbinger of the future.

He was telling me I have gotten a free prescription drug card.

All the bureaucracies and boundaries are thrown out. The formality goes away, and you just roll up your sleeves and roll with the punches.