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Military Drills, Traditions, Exhibitions; Photo Collections please
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saver111	Dec 4 2008, 11:31 PM Post #1
PDFF Moderator Posts: 10,627 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #408 Joined: March 23, 2005	'Beating the Retreat' an India - Pakistan ceremony A Pakistani soldier (right) and his Indian counterpart at the Wagah border crossing. (AFP/Narinder Nanu) Pakistani, right in black uniform, and Indian border guards shake hands during the 'Beating the Retreat' ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary) Pakistani, left in black uniforms, and Indian border guards face each other during the 'Beating the Retreat' ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary) Pakistani, left, and Indian border guards face each other during the 'Beating the Retreat' ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary) Pakistani Rangers (In Black) and Indian Border Security Force personnel perform the daily retreat ceremony on the India-Pakistan Border at Wagah. (AFP/Narinder Nanu)
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saver111	Feb 26 2009, 08:29 PM Post #2
PDFF Moderator Posts: 10,627 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #408 Joined: March 23, 2005	090224-N-2562S-003 GULF OF OMAN (Feb 24, 2009) Members of the Honor Guard of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) bow their heads in prayer during a burial at sea. Theodore Roosevelt and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 8 are operating in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Andrew Skipworth/Released)
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saver111	Mar 10 2010, 04:44 PM Post #3
PDFF Moderator Posts: 10,627 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #408 Joined: March 23, 2005	A Marine firing party fires three rifle volleys during a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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saver111	May 25 2010, 03:05 PM Post #4
PDFF Moderator Posts: 10,627 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #408 Joined: March 23, 2005	End of a tradition? No lard for Navy plebes in yearly academy ritual AP By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press Writer Brian Witte, Associated Press Writer � Mon May 24, 5:53 pm ET 3rd Company's Keegan Albi from Eugene, Ore., top at right, scales the last bit of the 21-foot Herndon Monument to complete his two minutes and five seconds climb to the top, Monday, May 24, 2010, at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md. As they have for 70 years, students at the U.S. Naval Academy scale the monument to celebrate the end of their grueling first year. The Herndon obelisk was not greased with lard as in years past.(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ANNAPOLIS, Md. � As they have for 70 years, students at the U.S. Naval Academy celebrated the end of their grueling first year by scaling a 21-foot obelisk on Monday. But this time, without a lard coating on the monument, students completed the task in minutes. For years, the Herndon Monument was slathered in the grease to make the event as challenging as possible. It often took hours for a group of first-year students, or "plebes," to hoist a peer on their shoulders to place an officer's hat atop the obelisk. This year, the event drew more attention after Vice Adm. Jeffrey Fowler, the academy's superintendent, cited "unnecessary injury risk" as a reason the school could end the yearly ritual. He declined to offer a timetable for a decision that will likely rest with his successor. "I just think at some point it will become not very interesting and it will just cease to be a climb," Fowler told reporters earlier this month, adding that there have been minor injuries in the past. However, many students, parents and alumni find the tradition to be an endearing rite of passage. On Monday, Midshipman Keegan Albi managed to grip the sides of the monument and shimmy his way to the top in just over two minutes after a human pyramid of classmates boosted him more than halfway up. As the ritual dictates, he snatched a first-year student's cap from the top and replaced it with the officer's hat. Moments after reaching the top, Albi was upbeat, but he also sounded disappointed by the lack of lard. "They should grease it, though, make it a lot harder," Albi, of Eugene, Ore., said. Spectators, including alumni and current students who dealt with the lard coating, could be heard grumbling about how easy it is without the grease. John Truesdell, who made the greasy climb in 1960, warmly recalled the bond of teamwork shared by those in tackling the task. He said the academy should keep the tradition. "I would love to see it continue," Truesdell, of Tucson, Ariz., said. "I think it's such a big part of the tradition at the academy." Even Albi's mom, Linda Albi, said it was much more exciting when her daughter participated several years ago. "It happened way too fast," Linda Albi said, noting she hardly had time to take pictures. Fowler said he would rather that the academy's Sea Trials exercise be seen as the culminating experience for plebes. The 14-hour competition, which began in 1998, involves every member of the class and requires teamwork to complete an obstacle course. Fowler is slated to be replaced as superintendent by Navy Rear Adm. Michael H. Miller, who was nominated by President Barack Obama's administration in April to lead the school. Miller must first be confirmed by the U.S. Senate. First-year students began the yearly ritual of helping classmate to the top of the obelisk in 1940, and added the symbolic placement of an officer's cap on its tip seven years later, according a history of the event by James Cheevers, senior curator at the U.S. Naval Academy Museum. In 1949, upperclassmen began smearing on as much as 200 pounds of lard on the monument to increase the difficulty of the task. Records are incomplete on how long the climb has taken every year. But the longest time is believed to be the span of more than four hours in 1995, a year when upperclassmen glued down the hat that must be removed from the top. The shortest on record is 1 1/2 minutes in 1969, a year that the monument wasn't greased. http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100524/ap_on_..._plebes_no_more
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saver111	Oct 30 2012, 03:35 PM Post #5
PDFF Moderator Posts: 10,627 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #408 Joined: March 23, 2005	Associated Press/Sgt. Jose A. Torres Jr.,/U.S. Army Photo - This handout photo provided by the us Army shows Spc. Brett Hyde, Tomb Sentinel, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), keeping guard over the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier during Hurricane Sandy, at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Monday, Oct. 29, 2012. Just like the Sentinel's Creed says "Through the years of diligence and praise and the discomfort of the elements, I will walk my tour in humble reverence to the best of my ability." (AP Photo/Sgt. Jose A. Torres Jr.,/U.S. Army Photo) http://news.yahoo.com/old-guard-stays-tomb-unknowns-superstorm-204403223.html
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spearhead	Dec 15 2012, 10:11 PM Post #6
DoctorNO, Your Neutral Observer. Posts: 6,903 Group: Regulars Member #655 Joined: February 14, 2006	Held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers (TUKS), Libingan ng mga Bayani, Fort Bonifacio, Taguig City today, December 12. The Wreathlaying Ceremony was led by Gen. Jessie D. Dellosa, Chief of Staff, Armed Forces of the Philippines. This is in connection with the 77th AFP Anniversary. (Photos by Ssg Jessie M. Nermal)
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spearhead	Dec 15 2012, 10:11 PM Post #7
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saver111	Nov 28 2013, 03:30 PM Post #8
PDFF Moderator Posts: 10,627 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #408 Joined: March 23, 2005	Being part of those ceremonial drills is no joke. It sometimes turn into a laughing matter Ultimate Guard Fail
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saver111	May 7 2014, 01:31 PM Post #9
PDFF Moderator Posts: 10,627 Group: PDFF Mod Group Member #408 Joined: March 23, 2005	New recruits of the Vatican's elite Swiss Guard stand at attention during the swearing-in ceremony at the Vatican May 6, 2014. The Swiss Guard, founded in 1506, consist of 100 volunteers who must be of Swiss nationality, Catholic, single, at least 174 cm (5.7 ft) tall and without a beard. New recruits are sworn in every year on May 6 to commemorate the day where 147 Swiss soldiers died defending the Pope during an attack on Rome in 1527. (REUTERS/Tony Gentile)
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