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you're all set base and if you visited

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Joint Base Andrews recently , you may

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have noticed something a little

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different about the gate guy feels good

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to lose . These guys are a few members

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of Joint Base Andrews very first Elite

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gonna be up here every day from now on .

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The Elite Guard got its start in 1956

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at the Strategic Air Command

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Headquarters in office , Air Force Base

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Nebraska . With the Cold War at its

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peak , General Curtis LeMay decided

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something had to be done to protect one

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of our nation's most vital bases from

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espionage and sabotage . Thus began a

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command wide surge for the Air Force's

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most elite policemen , Roughly 50 air

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policemen were chosen trained and

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outfitted to form detachment a and the

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elite guard was born Now , nearly 60

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years later , Joint Base Andrews is

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continuing the legacy .

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Just very proud of this group of guys

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and girls that uh that are here , the

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men and women of the Elite Guard ,

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they're very professional . I couldn't

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have asked for a better group of people

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to put up here and do this job . Just

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being that first impression here and

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also um taking care of the security

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this base , making sure that everybody

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on this base is safe . And we are more

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than thankful for all that they do

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reporting for Joint Base Andrews . I'm

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Airman first class Natasha d'Argo