Recon

This month's RECON takes a look at life as a military musician.

This month's RECON takes a look back on the people, places and events introduced in 2008, with added insight from the crews behind the scenes of each production.

This Recon follows drill teams of the Army, Navy and Air Force as they prepare and perform their unique, challenging and sometimes dangerous drill routines.

As long as there have been wars, there have been a few who stood witness to events - artists who sketched and painted what they experienced in base camps and on battlefields.

The duties of a military chef can be as varied as a menu, from serving up rations in the dining facility to creating culinary works of art at international competitions.

Both the Army and the Marine Corps are mixing time-honored combat skills with multiple martial arts techniques to put a modern twist on hand-to-hand fighting.

Forensic science has long been used to solve crimes, but what happens when the crime scene is in the middle of a war zone? That's when crimes and cold cases are solved -- military style.

The Army Corps of Engineers sucks mud from the Mississippi River, keeping the all-important shipping channel open and American commerce flowing.

Could you survive the B.E.A.S.T.? "Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training" prepares Air Force basic trainees for a combat deployment by simulating a week of the real deal.

Sometimes it hurts so bad you just have to laugh. Recon: Comic Relief looks at how military cartoonists draw humor from their own experiences.