July 2019:If Washington Capitals fans tuned into NBC's America's Got Talent (AGT) on June 18th, they probably saw a familiar face on stage.
One of the team's beloved anthem singers Caleb Green, who has been singing the Star Bangled Banner for the past 19 seasons for the Capitals, auditioned with his vocal group Voices of Service and made it through the initial audition on the 14th season of the long running talent show.
The quartet has been singing together for about six years and they all share something in common: they are all either veterans or active duty service members and they share their love of music in hopes of helping service men and women coping with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Green, a retired Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army, said they were initially hesitant about taking on the audition for the network talent show.
"I wasn't really sure they wanted to hear our message or what we had to say," Green said. "I never really thought about it, but the opportunity came through our executive director and we had to consider it."
After discussing the idea as a group, they decided to take on the challenge for a couple of reasons, but the most important one was clear to all of them:
"To have the opportunity to be ambassadors and to be effective in our message, that was overwhelming," he said.
Green, a long-time fan of the show, said he knew what it was like for fans watching from home but simply had no idea what to expect when getting on the stage to perform in front of thousands - and for television, nonetheless.
