“Honor guard performs colors for various events, but our main priority is recognizing those who have passed away by serving as pallbearers at their funerals. Being a pallbearer can be very difficult and saddening. I hadn’t been around death or funerals very much before, but at the end when you hand the flag off and all of the family members are thanking you I feel like I’ve done something good. One time we worked a funeral alongside a fire department for a firefighter who was also in the reserves . It was a large service and the way they were talking about him had an impact on me. When I was folding the flag for him I kept thinking about how they viewed him. I wanted to give him a perfect flag fold because he was an amazing person and all of these people loved and respected him. Being in the honor guard has given me a new perspective.”
Airman 1st Class Henry Nelson, 9th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels specialist
Hometown: Goldsboro, North Carolina
Date Taken: | 04.28.2017 |
Date Posted: | 04.28.2017 14:39 |
Story ID: | 231968 |
Location: | BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, CA, US |
Hometown: | GOLDSBORO, NC, US |
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