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the training that these graduates

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received took a remarkable amount of

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hard work on the part of our trainees

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and our training staff . As you can see

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by today's demonstration , the training

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class has clearly mastered their course

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material . This is a direct result of

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their hard work , commitment to

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excellence and a strong desire to serve

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and honor our fallen air force hero .

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Let's give them a round of applause .

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Yeah ,

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Today's ceremony recognizes a total of

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29 graduates who have completed 54

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hours of basic protocol , drill and

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ceremony and funeral honors training .

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This course was established to provide

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training and procedural guidance for

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the rendering of military funeral

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honors . The topics covered include

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Paul bearing , veteran retiree active

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duty , dignified arrival , transfer

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sequences , firing party and colors .

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Additionally , this course emphasized

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the importance of military customs and

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courtesies and dressing appearance .

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These components are all necessary for

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each graduate to employ while

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representing the United States Air

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Force at public and official ceremonies .

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By upholding these traditions and

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maintaining exceptionally high

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standards and bearing thes guardsmen

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ensure that the honor guard will

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continue to remain an icon of

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excellence . Colonel Miller , would you

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please come forward and share a few

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words .

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All right . How's everybody doing today ?

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Yes , sir . I know y'all can't say

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anything , but hopefully all are having

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a good day . I would argue this is a

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great day for the United States Air

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Force . Um , I'd like to start off with

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just a few . Thanks . Uh , thanks to

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the team , the trainers that , uh ,

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brought us to this day . You heard

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about the hours of training , the

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different ceremonies , the different

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services we saw just but a few here ,

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Uh , you know what you do ? Eyes much

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appreciated to create the next round of

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honor Guardsmen to go out there and

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represent us , uh , to pay tribute , uh ,

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to our teammates , to our nation . Tow

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our fallen . Uh , I can't say thank you .

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Enough for what ? You what you've done

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in training . I know a few of you are

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carried over from the last class ,

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right ? Getting ready to go back to

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your duty assignments . Uh , going back

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to normal duty . How much do you wish

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you were back over here ? All right .

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What's that ? 50 50 ? You know , you

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know , it's hard , right ? It's aware

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of the soul . Uh , some of the things

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that you will get to do . Uh , e think

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the stats said 18,000 miles traveled by

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an average guardsmen , uh , 70 details

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by the time you graduate from the

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program and head back Thio your duty

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assignment . Uh , that is a lot of wear

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and tear , not just miles on the road ,

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on wear and tear on the body , but the

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emotional terror . Aziz , you represent

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our nation . Perhaps somebody's last ,

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uh , you know , last moment for the

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family that they see their Air Force

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family . And so thank you for that .

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You know , I've got a I've got an

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affinity for the honor guard . I did it

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both my first duty assignment and

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second do the assignment as a no . I

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see . Uh , eso I've been where you're

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at . Uh , I've done what you're about

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ready to dio and I know what it takes .

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Uh , we talk about honor with dignity .

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We talk about integrity , service

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excellence . We talk about , you know ,

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those core values being the basic

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foundation of who we are , what we do .

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And then we throw throw you out there

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in the public's eye . And you are you

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personify that each and every detail

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that you , uh , serve whether you have

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the honor carrying our nation's flag at

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a retirement ceremony at a promotion

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ceremony at a change of command or

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you're part of a detail , uh , doing a

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last service for a family funeral

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service . You know , those are all

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special . Those all mean a ton . You

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may not realize what it means to the

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folks that are on the other side

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watching that , but I want you to do

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this with pride . Do this with

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excellent embrace what you're about to

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do . It's a true honor . Uh , we talk

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about less than 1% . Join our service ,

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right ? Less than 1% join our service

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on you are out there paying tribute to

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that less than 1% in our funeral

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services saying farewell to our loved

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ones to our wingman . Uh , I've seen

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this happen for friends had been at

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services for friends . Uh , where you

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have handed the flag to the next of kin .

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You feel the emotion . I gotta admit

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every time I hear taps , there will be

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a tear rolling down my cheeks every

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time I did it here . Just watching the

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display because that's what It means ,

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you know , that special moment , that

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special bond paying tribute honoring

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our nation honoring our fallen ,

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honoring each other honoring that flag

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was hanging in this room . I can't say

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thank you enough for that . I thank the

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supervisors . The commander's appears

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that came here for the ceremony today .

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Uh , you know , given up on airman for

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this chump of time is a big deal . I

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know that creates gaps . Uh , but I

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will tell you what you get back will be

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so much more powerful . What you get

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back is so much more powerful . Odds

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are there's one or two of them that

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were signed up for honor guard , maybe

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against their will against their

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desires . Because they had that much

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passion for their profession , their

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craft , their trade , what they're

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doing day in and day out that they

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didn't want to be pulled away from that

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to become a ceremonial guardsmen . I

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will tell you on the flip side of this

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down the road , it's gonna be hard to

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pull them away from this because

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they're going to realize , uh , the

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impact that they have very few times .

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Do we get to do drilling ceremonies in

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our in our air Force . Unless you're

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part of the honor guard on you don't

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appreciate that . Going through

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whatever training O . T s basic

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training , whatever it is , until you

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get into this position and you're

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fortunate enough to carry this flag or

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present this flag to a next of kin ,

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then you really realize the importance

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of the family that you joined that the

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service that you're doing , the

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sacrifice that you're making . And

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again , I can't thank you enough for

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that . It's gonna be a fast , furious

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long road ahead . Lots of miles

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traveled , but you're gonna love every

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minute of it . And I appreciate

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everything that you're doing . I

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appreciate our supervisors allowing

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them to participate in the honor guard .

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This is truly a team . Wright Patterson ,

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Honor guard . We've got members from

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all kinds of mission partners as part

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of this honor guard . And it's great to

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see that team come together , represent

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Wright Patterson Air Force Base ,

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representing the United States Air

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Force , and represent our nation . And

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so thank you all Thank you to our

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newest guardsmen . Thank you to the

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trainers . Thank you . The team for

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making this happen . I appreciate it

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Thank you , Colonel Miller .

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Although their dedication was strong ,

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they would not be here today had not

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been for the leadership and instruction

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of our base honor guard flight

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sergeants and training instructors .

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Please stand and be recognized .

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Hello , Are you cable ?

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And now the moment all our guardsmen

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have been training for , please come

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forward to receive your honor , guard

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certificate and badge when called

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receiving the honor guard , badge or

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cookie is a symbolic moment for all of

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our guardsmen and signifies to all who

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see it . They've been trained and

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trusted to represent every member past

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and present

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from the headquarters . Air Force

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Material Command Senior um , and Joel

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Montoya

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from the Air Force Resource Research

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Laboratory . Second Lieutenant

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Alexander or C

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from the Air Force Research Laboratory

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Second Lieutenant Brennan More

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the theme . National Air and Space

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Intelligence Center . Second Lieutenant

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Olivia Durin since

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National Air and Space Intelligence

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Center . Technical sergeant Thomas Lee

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from the National Air and Space

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Intelligence Center , senior um and

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Robert Collins

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from the National Air and Space

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Intelligence Center . Airman First

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class on No ,

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from National Air and Space

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Intelligence Center . Airman First

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Class Dylan Cloud

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from the

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theme from the

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National Air and Space Intelligence

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Center . Airman first Class Caitlin

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Jones ,

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E

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from the National Air and Space

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Intelligence Center . Airman First

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Class Steven Snell Baker .

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Okay .

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Oh , okay .

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From the Air Force Research Laboratory ,

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Staff Sergeant Taylor Wien's

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from the 88th Communication Squadron .

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Senior Airman Erica back tall .

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The theme from the

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88th Communication Squadron . Airman

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First Class , Jared McKnight

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from the 80th Controller Squadron ,

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Senior Airman Levi Larson

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from

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the 88th Forced Support Squadron .

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Second Lieutenant Jacob Nixon

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from the 88 Security Forces Squadron

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Senior , um , and Adam Al Job

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from

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88 Healthcare Operation Squadron Senior

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Armand Tucker Cavender

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from the 88 Operational Medical

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Readiness Squadron Senior I'm and Jacob

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Keller .

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Thank you very much . From

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the 88 Healthcare Operation Squadron .

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Airman first class Mariama Ajai

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from the 88 Medical Support Squadron .

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Airman First Class . Anthony Ray Gamma .

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Yeah . Yeah ,

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the

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theme

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from the 88th Medical Support Squadron .

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Airman First class , Courtney Sands ,

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Mhm

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from the 88th Surgical Operation

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Squadron . Senior Airman Austin

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Crawford

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from the 88 Inpatient Squadron . Airman

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First Class , Tyler Sims

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theme

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the 88th Operational Medical Readiness

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Squadron Senior Him and Jamie Lawson

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E .

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From the 88th Diagnostics and

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Therapeutics Squadron . Senior Airman

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Saban Hairston . Okay .

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From the 88th Diagnostics and

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Therapeutics Squadron Senior Him and

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Arthur Heffelfinger

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from the 88th Diagnostics and

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Therapeutics Squadron Senior Um , and

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Daniel Clark

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from the 88 Dental Squadron . Staff

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Sergeant Simonet , Cooler Bert

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and from the 88th Operation Support

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Squadron . Airman First Class . Alex

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Sugar .

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All right . Okay . Well , my

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supplies

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one

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As ceremonial guardsmen . Our motto is

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to honor with dignity and like the

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airman's creed , we have an honor guard

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charge . We recite two in grain the

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values and commitment that is required

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to be a ceremonial Guardsmen , please

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direct your attention to class 2022 is

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they recite the honor guard charge Why ,

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huh ? On

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May and served

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here .

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Mhm 11 .

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Her name was all right .

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One of the memorable . That way .

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Yeah ,

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mhm around . Remains are

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alone . Everyone . Were

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they trying ? So

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have you got ? Yes .

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All right .

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Eyes . Oh ,

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he Ladies and gentlemen , this

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concludes today's ceremony . Thank you

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for attending . Guardsmen will stay

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behind to allow their supervision to

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personally congratulate them on last

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round of

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with