Reveille On Fort Leonard Wood, reveille — meaning “wake up” in French — is played every morning at 6:30 a.m. to signal the start of the duty day and the raising of the American flag.

On Fort Leonard Wood, “Reveille” — meaning “wake up” in French — is played every morning at 6:30 a.m. to signal the start of the duty day and the raising of the American flag.

The call was written by the French as early as 1809 and was Napoleon’s favorite bugle call, according to Jari Villanueva, Taps historian and retired trumpeter for the U.S. Air Force Band. 3.