Members of the Eglin honor guard remove the flag-draped casket from the hearse during a mock funeral as part of the Eglin honor guard graduation Sept. 3. The class performs a funeral ceremony with full honors for base leadership before graduating afterward. The ceremony has four honor guard functions to be performed: the flag detail, the 21-gun salute, pall bearers and bugler. Eglin’s honor guard holds four classes per year with 15 Airmen graduating this particular class. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Staff Sgt. Raymond Stead, Eglin honor guard, salutes the flag during a mock funeral as part of the honor guard graduation Sept. 3. The class performs a funeral ceremony with full honors for base leadership before graduating afterward. The ceremony has four honor guard functions to be performed: the flag detail, the 21-gun salute, pall bearers and bugler. Eglin’s honor guard holds four classes per year with 15 Airmen graduating this particular class. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Members of the flag detail solemnly stand as the funeral ceremony begins as part of the Eglin honor guard graduation Sept. 3. The class performs a funeral ceremony with full honors for base leadership before graduating afterward. The ceremony has four functions to be performed: the flag detail, the 21-gun salute, pall bearers and bugler. Eglin’s honor guard holds four classes per year with 15 Airmen graduating this particular class. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Staff Sgt. John Horgos, Eglin honor guard, adjusts the folds of the flag during a mock funeral as part of the honor guard graduation Sept. 3. The class performs a funeral ceremony with full honors for base leadership before graduating afterward. The ceremony has four honor guard functions to be performed: the flag detail, the 21-gun salute, pall bearers and bugler. Eglin’s honor guard holds four classes per year with 15 Airmen graduating this particular class. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)
Members of the Eglin honor guard carry the flag-draped casket into position during a mock funeral as part of the Eglin Honor Guard graduation Sept. 3. The class performs a funeral ceremony with full honors for base leadership before graduating afterward. The ceremony has four honor guard functions to be performed: the flag detail, the 21-gun salute, pall bearers and bugler. Eglin’s honor guard holds four classes per year with 15 Airmen graduating this particular class. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)