Senior Airman Leonard Brower, training course supervisor with The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, helps adjust Airman Dylan Sullivan's rifle to the correct position Mar. 2 at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C. Airman Sullivan is a trainee in The USAF Honor Guard technical school. Mastering the art of basic drill movements is important because it’s the foundation for everything else in the Honor Guard, said Senior Airman Brower. “It’s where you start – then from that you build up to something else,” he said. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Ruano)

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Airman 1st Class Kylee Cook, ceremonial guardsman in The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, demonstrates how to correctly hold the stock of a rifle Mar. 2 at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C. During the Honor Guard’s technical training school, the trainee’s learn four drills within the eight-week course. “At the end of tech school, they’ll know drills one through four,” said Senior Airman Leonard Brower, a training course supervisor with The USAF Honor Guard. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Ruano)

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Airman Amber Brown, a trainee in The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard, stands in formation while holding her rifle Mar. 2 at the Honor Guard compound on Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Washington, D.C. The eight-week Honor Guard technical training school requires the trainees to master four drills, each taking approximately two weeks to execute. “We were teaching them drill-two movements,” said Senior Airman Leonard Brower, training course supervisor with The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard. Drill-two movements consist of everything from a basic right- and left-face, to right shoulder and left shoulder moves, he said. “Everything they need to know to march at Arlington [National Cemetery]” (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Ruano)

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Week 3 trainees advance their drill skills

Published March 4, 2011