When we got to Ramadi, the troops on the ground were National Guard Unit out of Pennsylvania and a bunch of other places. And luckily, the National Guard is not technically the army. So you were able to get in the National Guard, which is the National Guard requires you to be a citizen. You have to have a full time job because the National Guard only work a percentage of the year. The rest of the time, you got to put food on the table.

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