This week's guest is First Sergeant Chad McDowell. 1SG McDowell talks about his time as a mechanic in the US Army and his deployments to Operation Desert Storm, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and supporting Hurricane Katrina relief efforts.

The intro music is a selection from the US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps followed by reveille. Reveille is a bugle call usually associated with the military; it is chiefly used to wake military personnel. The outro music is retreat. Retreat is used to signal the end of the official day and, in the US Army, is played just before evening colors.