Le Voyage Magnifique

...and so it begins

Before rooster crows, bugle blows,
"You gotta get up! You gotta get up!
You gotta get up in the morning!"

and recruits hit the deck a-running,
while drill sergeant barks commands,

and thus begins career
of military regimen
and selfless service
to nation's purest values,

career of distant duty,
maintaining vigil
to keep enemy at bay
and ensure the flame of freedom
keeps burning for all to see.