Reveille is French for Wake Up. Rock On is French for Rock On.

We live near Camp Dodge, a military installation that currently serves as the headquarters of the Iowa National Guard.

Charlotte and I usually leave for school around 7:05. But if it's a clear morning, and we get outside by 7:00, Char likes to stand in the driveway and listen to Camp Dodge play "Reveille."

You can't hear the bugle from inside the house, so it's not bothersome. It's actually fun to catch it. I believe they also play "Taps" at the end of the day, but I've heard that so few times I can't say for sure.

That's not the only music we hear from Camp Dodge. For the past eight years the Iowa National Guard Adjutant General’s summer concert series takes place at the historic Camp Dodge pool. The free concerts are held on Thursdays and the gates opens around 6. 

The lineup includes: 

• May 23: Cloud Ten featuring Heath Alan (classic rock)
• May 30: The Candymakers (team spirit night)
• June 6: Gladys Kravitz (classic car night) 
• June 20: Dirt Renegade 
• June 27: The 34th Army Band’s Sidewinders group will play pop and classic rock (military heritage night; wear red, white and blue)
• July 11: Faculty Lounge (suicide awareness and remembrance night) 
• July 18: Abby Normal (Johnston 50th anniversary celebration) 

This will be the sixth summer for us to go to these concerts, and it is always a good time. We enter at the east gate (look for the tanks!), and both Daphne and I have to show photo ID to get in. There is a huge hill for little kids to run up and down, and bigger kids play Frisbee, bags, and/or toss a football around. If Trostel's is catering, I go for the Graziano Sausage Grinder...

 ...but you can bring in whatever you want to eat or drink.

All of the bands are great, but Sidewinders are especially fun to see at a military base. Where else can you see someone in army boots do the moonwalk?