James Rogers McConnell
Date and Place of Birth
What: is 14 March 1887, Chicago Illinois?
USAF Honor Guard Birthday
What is: May 1948?
What does DCID Stand for?
What is: Dress, Cover, Interval, Distance?
Weight of an M1 Garand
What is 11.25 lbs?
Cadet Captain Briles Fun Fact
Used to Play Competitive Paintball
Nickname
What is "King of the Hot Feet"?
USAF Honor Guard Location
What is Joint Base Anacostia-Bowling, Washington, D.C.?
Third Article of the Armed Forces Code of Conduct
What is:"
If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy."
Four Universal Rules of Gun Safety
What is:
1.Treat all guns as if they are loaded and real.
2.Never point the muzzle at anything you do not want to kill or destroy.
3.Keep your finger off the trigger until you are ready to fire.
4.Identify your target, what is to the left and right, and ultimately behind your target.
Cadet Ingram Fun Fact
Used to be a racecar driver
Date and Place of Death
What is: 19 March, 1917; Somme, France?
USAF Honor Guard Mission
What is: To represent Airmen to the American public and the world?
General Ulysses S. Grant Quote
What is: "In every battle there comes a time when both sides consider themselves beaten; then he who continues the attack wins."
Steps each Element Takes in a Column Left
What is:
First: 1
Second: 3
Third: 5
Cadet Captain Hayes Fun Fact
Once did 60 pushups in an EOD Bomb Suit or youngest of six children
Quote
What is: "He fought for Humanity, Liberty, and Democracy, lighted the way for his countrymen and showed all men how to dare nobly and to die gloriously"?
USAF Honor Guard Vision
What is: To ensure a legacy of Airmen who: promote the mission; protect the standards; perfect the image; and preserve the heritage?
Second Verse of the Air Force Song (Sing it)
What is: "
Brilliant minds fashioned a crate of thunder,
Sent it high into the blue;
Valiant hands blasted the world asunder;
How they lived God only knew!
Boundless souls dreaming of skies to conquer
Gave us wings, ever to soar!
With scouts before and bombers galore. Hey!
Nothing’ll stop the U.S. Air Force!"
What is:
1.National Emblems
2.President of the United States (POTUS)
3.State and Territorial Flags
4.Service Flags (Army-MC-Navy-AF)
5.Organizational Flags
Cadet Major Price Fun Fact
Almost rounhouse kicked President Obama when he was five
Full Combat History
What is:
-Fought for France in the American Ambulance Corps during WWI
-Decorated for bravery with the Cross of War for rescuing wounded under fire
-Joined the Lafayette Escadrille within the Aviation Corps
-Flew a Nieuport with a red foot on the tail until shot down by a German plane
USAF Honor Guard Creed
What is:
"The ceremonial guardsmen is an individual of good
reputation, having integrity, ethical conduct and exhibiting
standards which merit respect; responsible for protecting
and overseeing the maintenance of standards on
and off duty. It is truly an occupation which requires
outstanding devotion and commitment to duty.
By maintaining our history and exceptionally high
standards, honor guards will continue to remain
an icon of excellence."
John Stuart Mill Quote
What is:
War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.”
Air Force Cadence (Flight Must do in Unison)
What is:
Caller: US cadence, Air Force cadence, count cadence COUNT!
Flight: U!
Caller: I can’t hear you
Flight: S!
Caller: A little bit louder now
Flight: A!
Caller: Soundin’ better!
Flight: F!
Caller: A little bit prouder now!
Everyone on left: U
Everyone on right: S
Everyone on left: A
Everyone on right: F
Everyone: United States Air Force
We like it here,
We love it here,
We finally found a home!
Caller(on right):A What?
Flight(on left): A home!
A home away from home!
Cadet Lieutenant Colonel Dungan Fun Fact
Won a hoolahooping contest at a Hooters in Taiwan