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mhm . The guardsmen represent the

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president Chief of Naval Operations .

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We lay to rest our fallen shipmates and

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I cannot think of a greater honor than

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those experiences . Ceremonial guard

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was established in 1931 as the official

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ceremonial unit for the Naval Service .

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We do all of the ceremonies for

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president joint Services and anything

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directed by the secretaries of defense

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and , and maybe the Cno or Naval

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district Washington . We also are the

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only official group that does the

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services at Arlington National Cemetery

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for Naval personnel . My most

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memorable experience is first funeral I

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was a road guard which gives you the

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opportunity to kind of watch what's

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going on kind of from behind the scenes

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and seeing the casket bearers bringing

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the casket and perform their duties

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right in front of the family was one of

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the , one of the most moving

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experiences and it definitely makes you

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proud to be here . All of our guardsmen

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are recruited straight out of boot camp .

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They come here knowing that we've

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selected them because we've , we've

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seen something in them And those

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initial interviews that we feel like

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you're going to be a great

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representation of the navy going

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forward . The ceremony regard is

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important because you usually can't see

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the behind the scenes of what the Navy

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does , but you do see the ceremony

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guardsmen either in ceremonies are on

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national television and I definitely

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feel like we represent like the sailors

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throughout the United States on what

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commitment , dedication and respect

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looks like This is something that not

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everybody can do . Our guardsmen are

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the ones that go through the 12 week

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self paced training regime and graduate

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and go on to be either a bearer , the

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drill team firing party or the color

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set detail being along sailors who

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definitely strive to be exceptional and

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their platoons definitely like makes

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you want to step up and that actually

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gave me the confidence to join or try

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to join drill team . So it's one big

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team from the commanding officer all

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the way down to the most junior person

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that we have on board were all out

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there being part of the representation

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of the navy . It's an

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immense amount of pride and we try to

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do everything that we can to make sure

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that because we have asked them to put

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their actual career on hold to do this

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for a couple of years , we do

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everything we can to make sure that

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once they leave here they have all the

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accolades that they can receive to try

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to help them catch up with their peers

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once they get through there a schools

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and if you're given this opportunity ,

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then I would say take it again , like

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the contract short and life short . But

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like what you're gonna do in the navy ,

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it's like , I think you should take

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this opportunity to do something a

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little bit different