The book of Revelation's infamous "mark of the beast," the number 666, is familiar to believers and unbelievers alike and has been said to have been or will yet be many things, people, or institutions. Is it a supercomputer? an imbedded microchip? a tattoo? the social security number? or is it in the form of a national ID card? What if its essence is or has been present in all these things yet is none of these things singularly? What if it is not an enforced or controlled mark of any kind? What if it is simply and only the intellectual event of personal decision? Take this journey that opens up examination on just exactly what the mark may truly be and how covert it really is due to its simplicity in comparison to the various ideas involving computers, microchips, tattoos, identification cards, individuals, or institutions. Examine a concept that is plainly evident in Scripture yet is rarely plainly spoken of from the pulpits. Michael served as a soldier in the US Army, the Army National Guard, and the Army Reserves. He was an infantryman, a supply sergeant, and served as a technician on a program developed to send robots to inspect for IEDs (improvised explosive devices).