On Monday (Jan. 20), the U.S. House Drive will take part in a presidential inauguration for the primary time.
Representing the army department will probably be 45 Guardians, the official identify for U.S. House Drive personnel, who work in a variety of careers throughout the nation. The 45 Guardians, who’re volunteers, lately arrived at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, a big army set up in Washington, D.C., the place they have been practising drills for Monday’s inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.
They’ve come along with the House Drive Honor Guard, which was based 17 months in the past, to march within the inauguration parade. The House Drive representatives will march together with items from the U.S. Air Drive Band, U.S. Air Drive Academy and members of the active-duty Air Drive, Air Nationwide Guard and Air Drive Reserve. (The House Drive is a part of the Air Drive, simply because the U.S. Marine Corps is a part of the Division of the Navy.)
“This can be a nice alternative for Guardians to get out on their marks and symbolize their service in entrance of a world viewers,” U.S. Air Drive Maj. David McLellan, U.S. Air Drive Honor Guard commander, who oversees U.S. House Drive Honor Guard coaching, said in a statement.
“That is really the primary time within the House Drive’s five-year historical past that they’ve been capable of totally symbolize their service in a presidential inauguration,” McLellan continued.
Associated: What’s the U.S. House Drive and what does it do?
The House Drive was based in 2019, throughout Trump’s first time period, after the Division of Protection recognized that U.S. vital infrastructure is more and more depending on satellites. The House Drive was the primary new department of the army for the reason that U.S. Air Drive was established in 1947.
Final August, throughout one in all his marketing campaign speeches, Trump expressed his intention to create the House Nationwide Guard. The workplace of President Joe Biden issued a press release final yr arguing towards a House Nationwide Guard, saying it might create further paperwork and expense.
Talking concerning the Guardians who will be part of a presidential inauguration for the primary time, Senior Grasp Sgt. Matthew Massoth, U.S. House Drive Honor Guard senior enlisted chief, stated in the identical assertion: “By stepping up as volunteers, they symbolize each Guardian who has raised their proper hand to serve their nation. This chance places them on a world stage to honor their service and our department’s essential position in protection.”
