He nodded his head, assuming that if she had served and seen active combat, she was likely not stateside for it. Wars on the United States had waned. It was generally the policy to take the fight to the enemy, especially if civilian casualties were expected. A sour and shitty policy, but... he supposed it made sense.

"Where did you serve then?" Since she had opened up the way for him to ask, he decided to take her up on it. "Plans changed? Lieutenant, it's not nice to bait your inferiors with non-details like that. I'm a curious man and now you have my curiosity stoked."