Maj. DuCharme was a captain in his Baghdad days,
helping soldiers who were "always going out
there and putting themselves in harm's way."

When Michael DuCharme decided to join the Army, he was almost too old to make the cut.

It was 2002, just before the Iraq War's start, so he and his wife knew that if he joined, the Army would probably send him to the front.

But they both felt it was God's calling. DuCharme had thought about serving as an Army chaplain since his mid-20s. Now he was 38.

"I got to an age where it was going to be the cutoff to being eligible," ... "So about the time most people are thinking about retirement, I'm getting ready to go in."

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