Interesting to hear how your experience parallelled mine in some respects.
Americans are pretty versatile. Throw us in an unknown situation and we’re liable to figure out what to do.
The ability to improvise is in our genes :-)
I think it is one of the things that makes us prosperous in peace and fearsome in war is the freedom to think and act, and the work ethic to act.
I often hear anecdotes of people from European countries that come to the USA, and say that we work too hard.
It’s true. We do. (I was on the road at six this morning and just got off a call now. We work hard.
But we value the independence that prosperity can bring to those willing to work for it.
By the way-thanks for your service...I gleaned from another post of yours you went to Annapolis. Thank you.