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- The days on the Honor
Guard, are going to be

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exhilarating on a lot of occasions,

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and on many they're
going to be very solemn.

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(Metal Clanging)

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- The Honor Guard means
to me, a lot, being

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the Manager of Honor Guard, the NCOIC.

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I am worried about getting
everybody trained up.

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Finding everyone's
strengths and weaknesses,

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and working on those
improvement areas for them.

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- [Instructor] About Face.

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- Everyone is in process
of bettering themselves,

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and you will not grow unless you get a

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little bit uncomfortable.

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If you always do what you've always done.

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You will always be, where
you always have been.

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And this is something
that is a little scary

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at first, just being of
how big everything is.

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- It's flat this way, hands are flat.

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- Watching the Airmen
transition, has definitely

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been the high point.

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As they go from, "I don't
necessarily want to be

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here" to " Wow this is
actually really cool, and

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look at how perfect we
just did this maneuver or

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this drill or this sequence".

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And seeing the excitement in their faces,

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when they get it together.

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- [Instructor] About Face.

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(Cracking from Hands Slapping Gun)

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- Even afterwards, you
have Airmen that are here

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at Honor Guard in the training room,

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training together working on rifles,

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perfecting. Airmen that
you would think are just,

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show up to work and go home guys.

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Come to find out they
are not, they actually

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want to do everything 100% perfect here.

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And are taking that
extra time, on top of the

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14 hours to get it right.

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(Flag Whipping)

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- [Instructor] Thumbs, thumbs guys.

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- I mean, it's Honor Guard.

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You are honoring the person that served.

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So you just want to make sure their family

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remembers a perfect ceremony.

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You want to perfect it for them.

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You want to make sure that the ceremony

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is something, also, you will be proud of.

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- [Head Pallbearer] Step.

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Hold, hold, hold

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- I feel honored to help them,

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to help them cope.

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with losing a loved one because I know

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it is not easy.

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(Airmen Scream in Unison
"Tomorrow is Victory" )