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on a beautiful spring afternoon at the

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thomas Jefferson Memorial . The most

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elite drill teams of the United States

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military gathered to compete for the

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title of Best of the best . It was the

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fourth annual competition and the

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members of the U . S . Air Force drill

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team worked incredibly hard to get

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there . We completely cleared out our

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schedule for this past week were

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training anywhere between 8 to 12 hours

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in the day , all branches of service

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were represented and this year

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competition was fierce , the navy , the

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Marine Corps , the Coast Guard , the

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Air Force , the Merchant Marines and

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the army . The drill teams gave it

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their all in a symphony of discipline

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and spinning rifles . But for the Air

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Force team , something went dangerously

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wrong . I had a broken weapon , the

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weapon was completely shattered in the

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center and I felt it after finishing

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that sequence the weapon completely

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broke at first it was cracked and

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obviously towards the end it was just

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it was but it on the ground so many

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times that when I finally got it it was

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it was just done . But the team pushed

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on military bearing discipline hard

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work . When the competition was over ,

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all the services gathered to hear the

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judgment of their performance

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Only has one trophy . An air trophy

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goes to the drill team from the United

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States Airport

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way .

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So what about the challenge of

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performing with a broken rifle ? What

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did the judges think ? I didn't notice ?

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So they held it together ? Well then

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they're training , propelled them to

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victory . I haven't felt like this

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since winning a state championship to

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be completely honest with you , whoever

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in the future comes out to see us .

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It's gonna be , it's gonna be a hell of

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a show reporting for Joint Base andrews

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from the Joint Armed Forces grill

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competition in Washington , D . C . I'm

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Airman , first class Daniel Burckhardt .