reveille ˈre-və-lē noun
1. a signal to get up in the morning; in the military, it is a bugle call at sunrise
2. (military) signal to wake up
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The word reveille has appeared three times on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on April 17 in the Magazine article “I Fed My Husband a Combat Ration to Teach Him About My Military Childhood” by Kelly McHugh-Stewart:
There are so many things created for war that remind me of my childhood: “Reveille” in the morning and “Retreat” in the evening; Black Hawk helicopters and their big, echoey hangars; dusty brown boots, camouflage uniforms and heavy flight helmets. These were just parts of the job for my father, but they defined my childhood. I grew up on-post, in a military bubble, saying “Yes, sir,” and “Yes, ma’am,” using military time and speaking in acronyms. I showed my military ID card at the Shoppette when I filled my first car with gas and then again at the gym, the commissary and the PX. These on-post amenities were created exclusively for service members and their dependents, but as a child I never knew they were unique to my community.
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