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- Representing the gold standard for airmen across the globe

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the drill team demonstrates fortitude and intensity

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while spinning their weapons in close proximity

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showing love of the determination unmatched

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by any other professional drill team in the world.

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- Each February, Keesler hosts the United States Air Force

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Honor Guard Drill Team's Drill Camp,

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where they craft and perfect their yearly routine.

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- Being my first year, I didn't know what to expect,

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but I love it. It honestly helped me a lot.

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^It's a huge benefit.

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^Coming to camp next year, hopefully I'll be an A Box.

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^I would like to be an A Box.

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^I would like to be a lot better than what I am now.

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^I did progress a lot from what I was told,

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and I would love to be an A Box.

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An A Box is the spot where you want to be.

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- A Box, in drill team vernacular, is the name for the

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12 performance ready members who perform around the globe.

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^- Our mission in drill team is to recruit, retain

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^and inspire.

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^That's going to be a little different for each individual,

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so here when we're drilling for brand new airmen

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coming into the Air Force, we try to inspire them.

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When you see what 12 young air men can do with a bayonet

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and a rifle of 12 pounds, and how they can just dominate

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in excellence, precision,

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and if we can teach that craft with a weapon,

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imagine what we can do with air craft.

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- If you're interested in learning more about

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the Honor Guard's Drill Camp here at Keesler,

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we've made a full featured documentary,

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which is on our YouTube site now.

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- This is Andrew Whitman reporting

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for the 81st Training Wing.