The guard is stationed on our home turf, but most GW students don’t know anything about the nature of their work. They helped show me that individual guard members themselves weren’t at fault — it’s the Trump administration that we should be holding accountable at the ballot box. It isn’t accurate, nor productive, to assume that guard members signed up to serve in order to patrol D.C. for crime. The next time you see a group of guard members next to the Metro or by Georgetown Pier, try redirecting your anger away from them and toward meaningful action. Focusing your anger on the guard isn’t productive: They do not write the orders — they only follow them.