Blade style, with the grooves, makes me think bayonet knife. On image search, not finding many with such a short guard…except old ones.
Yours is a decent match.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29930196/gaylord-w-meadows
Meadows dad served in the Army:
G.W. "Doc" Meadows, age 73, of State Road 1158, Glenville, NC passed away Wednesday, December 19, 2007 at a Highlands-Cashiers Hospital. He was born in Pine Bluff, AR, the son of the late Gaylord W. Meadows, Sr. and Nelle Finney Meadows. He was a Veteran of the US Army and was a structural designer.
Nashville airspace emptied out.
POTUS refuelers changing shift.
They fly constantly when he's not at WH. National security measures to keep the POTUS safe.
Yessir.