miguel gastelo: my name is miguel, and i served in the army for 27 years.ired in 1995 as an e-9 command sergeant major. i started my career in the military when i got drafted in january of 1968.

miguel gastelo: my name is miguel, and i served in the army for 27 years. i retired in 1995 as an e-9 command sergeant major. i started my career in the military when i got drafted in january of 1968. and shortly after that, i winded up in vietnam as an infantryman. and i just--it changed my whole life, and i never knew that kind of way of living. and it stayed with me, so i kept re-enlisting. damian: well, 'cause i was going to say people usually who were drafted, the veterans who were drafted, they serve their time, and then they say, "i'm getting out." but you said, "i'm staying in." miguel: yes, like i said, it had a big impact in my life because i grew up in the fields picking cotton, and we were raised very poor, lived in the farm labor camps. and when i went in the army, it just--first time that i had ever been out of the county. and i winded up at fort lewis, washington. i had never seen snow before. that was the first time i'd seen snow. damian: marching right through it. well, thank you again for your service. armand, what about you, tell us about