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- Honor guard is a tradition.

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We pride ourselves on being perfect.

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^That's why we train such long hours,

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^that's why we take our missions so seriously.

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In training we try to keep it a little bit more relaxed

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at the beginning, ABUs, stuff like that.

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So that the important focus there is ensuring

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that the mental aspect is grasped.

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And then we kind of add in the uniform on top of it.

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We'll have time to train, but they'll be

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in their ceremonials out doing the funeral service

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within the first week or two.

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- Arms.

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One, two.

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^- I have been here for about four weeks.

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^I was here for two weeks

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^before I went out on my first detail.

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So I've learned veteran funerals and retired funerals,

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which that includes the firing party, the folding the flag.

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The hardest part

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(hooting)
is when they do bearing tests

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just because they're trying to make you laugh

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or crack a smile or something

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and they're doing everything they can to try to do that,

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and you have to just keep it together.

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- People, they don't really grasp how busy we truly are

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over here seven days a week.

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With all of the retirements on base,

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all of the promotion ceremonies,

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all of the different events that we support

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in the local area, the large volume of additional things

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other than funerals.

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It makes our hops tempo pretty great.

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And we make it happen, but a lot of times it's difficult.

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- It's rewarding, for sure.

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When you're at a funeral and you're folding that flag

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for that loved one that passed away, you're like,

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yeah, I'm in this thing.

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- [Man] And you get to be there to help provide

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that closure for the family and that lasting memory

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of the member of service to United States Air Force.