Thank you for serving. And in the serving, the training served you and your community well during the earthquake, obviously. Being in the US military is the very best overall disaster and survival training which can be found. And it lasts a lifetime, that training.
It's the ability to make fast decisions using clear logic. That's the remaining trait that lasts after they send you to all those schools and assignments. I make good money now and work for idiots. I toss them an idea once in a while just to shake things up.