Posted on Apr 8, 2021
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Did volunteer packet in Jan. Didn’t hear back. Received email saying I was placed on assignment to fort myer with report October. 11B E6
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CSM Charles Hayden
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SSG (Join to see) Did you guess correctly? A rather different challenge for an 11 B! Senator Tom Cotton at 6 feet 5 inches did three tours at Ft Myer. His book Sacred Duty contained interesting details. Amazon Videos has ‘HONOR GUARD’, a four part video describing some of the details about newbies in the unit.
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Will do CSM, the move was to be closer to my kids. My home in WV is only and hour and 10 mikes away.
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SSG (Join to see) Oh! You are a Ridge Runner? I drove thru Palestine, WV to see Jessica Lynch’s home town.
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4BN 3 ID? How tall are you?
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Assignment just says fort myer that’s it.
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You volunteered for E Co 4/3 to be a Sentinel?
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If not, either way, whether you go to 1/3 or 4/3 it is pretty much D&C and Funerals, unless you volunteered for the Honor Guard Company.

On their official pages, command of B Co 1/3 and A Co 4/3 like to put a little emphasis on their availability to "Assist with CBRN operations, conduct area security operations, and control civil disturbances in support of the Military District of Washington’s defense to the National Capital Region." While saying they also conduct "Joint and Army ceremonies and funerals in support of the Military District of Washington."

The other Infantry companies, (We can assume you aren't headed to RSC) put their emphasis in describing themselves on "ceremonies and funerals" first, and "deploying on orders, into theater, to defeat enemy forces in support of the war on terror" second.

So...
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Wayne Soares
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Thanks for the question Billy
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