[Sergeant]

The Old Guard is the worst Job In the U.S. Army Infantry, especially casket detail, Not that tomb Guard is any better, changing your Blues Twice Daily. I spent time In the S-3 (operations) shop In the Old Guard Liaison NCO(aka Ammo and Land Management NCO stateside) That Job was a headache in itself. I was actually glad to be working behind the scenes, I wore My Dress Blues once while assigned there In the 1980s. I volunteered for recruiter to get the heck out of there. Most do about 3 years and Can't wait to get to a real Infantry Unit again. Many Volunteer In advanced Infantry Training and think it's going to be a cake walk and don't realize it's no cake walk They have all those extra duties Plus they still go to the field to train

Memorial Day weekend is the worst, especially if You Have to work In the Garden (cemetery) Putting out flags and now today removing them. Best Job was to get assigned to White House Door Guard if in Blues or working In the Battalion S shops as You Not dressing in your Blues very often if at all