It wasn't a conversation. We are native. We are just a native person. That was it. There was no conversation after that. Left and right, you didn't look at colour, creed or language. You were a soldier first. That's why I enjoyed and loved it in going within that.
Later on, that came into play. You start building that with regard to “you're from a reservation” or whatever. To me, I didn't find that to be part of the military, so I just left well enough alone.