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Honor guard is important to me because 

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it creates an environment that allows 

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me to learn and grow as a leader . And 

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as an airman , it helps with teamwork . 

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So that's a huge thing for me , it 

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helps with knowing how to work with 

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people from various shops , not just 

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within my unit . And it also shows me a 

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way to recenter my values and shows me 

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why I joined for the bigger picture . 

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My name is Airman , first class Daniel 

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Devran and I'm a ceremonial guardsmen . 

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Honor Guard is a program that gives you 

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the opportunity to render military 

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honors . For past airmen become a 

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ceremonial guardsmen . There is a two 

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week training prior to starting details 

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that comprises of carrying caskets . 

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It's a lot of pT just to make sure that 

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your strength is up and you have the 

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endurance that it takes to stand still 

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for long periods of time during 

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ceremonies , we do rifle things to make 

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sure that you're able to do a firing 

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party the right way . A lot of 

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flagpoles as well as uh making sure 

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that you knowledgeable on the Honor 

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guard manual and knowing exactly what 

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needs to be done on or out there trying 

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to perform a mission . If we're going 

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out on a detail will come to the bay , 

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we will do a run through and get all 

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our equipment together and go out to 

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the ceremony site . We cover all of 

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Arkansas and half of Tennessee as well . 

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So it's either super short or kind of 

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long drive . We get out there and we do 

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a run through to make sure we have 

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everything perfect . And then we 

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perform our ceremony there and we head 

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back home . Being a black night means 

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maintaining integrity . It means when 

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we go out as ceremonial guardsmen , we 

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have to show ourselves to the community 

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and what they see is what their 

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impression is of the Air Force . So 

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it's important to me to continuously 

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show that I have integrity . It's a 

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joint Honor guard . I would definitely 

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encourage it . Even if you're on the 

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fence , it's an incredible opportunity . 

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It teaches you a lot . You'll grow as a 

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person . I am Airman , first class 

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Daniel Devran and I am a black knight .