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March Total Force Honor Guard Recognizes

Top Performers at Annual Awards Banquet

by Staff Sgt. Tiffany Lindemann                               to the commander at LosAngelesAir Force Base, California.               86$LU)RUFHSKRWR6WDII6JW7LIIDQ\/LQGHPDQQ
452 AMW public affairs                                           Casen spoke encouraging words of overcoming ad-
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   The March Air Reserve Base Blue Eagles Total               versity to be a champion, as honor guard members do          $WWDFN:LQJ&DOLIRUQLD$LU1DWLRQDO*XDUG0DUFK
Force Honor Guard held its annual awards ceremony             on a daily basis, she said.                                  $5%&DOLIRUQLDDQG&KLHI0DVWHU6HUJHDQW7LQD
Saturday, Aug. 8, at the Cultural Resource Center here.                                                                    /&DVHQ,QGLYLGXDO0RELOL]DWLRQ$XJPHQWHHWRWKH
                                                                 “This is your day, own it.” Casin said to the honorees.   &RPPDQG&KLHI6SDFHDQG0LVVLOH6\VWHPV&HQ-
   The ceremony recognizes honor guard members for               Sharing her personal adversities with guard mem-          WHUDQGSULQFLSOHVHQLRUHQOLVWHGDGYLVRUWRWKHFRP-
their exemplary performance in various categories.            bers, Casin expressed how she overcame those chal-           PDQGHU/RV$QJHOHV$LU)RUFH%DVHVWDQGZLWK
                                                              lenges to be the Air Force leader she is today.              WKH%OXH(DJOHV7RWDO)RUFH+RQRU*XDUGDZDUGHHV
   While it is tradition for the honor guard to symbol-          After the keynote speeches and a remembrance vid-         DWWKHKRQRUJXDUG¶VDQQXDODZDUGVFHUHPRQ\DW
ize strict discipline and uniformity for military funer-      eo, members were awarded for their efforts throughout        0DUFK)LHOG$XJ:HVNDPSDQG&DVLQ
als and formal ceremonies, the awards ceremony was            the last year.                                               UHFRJQL]HGDQGSUHVHQWHGDZDUGVWRKRQRUJXDUG
a chance for members to celebrate their accomplish-              Awards included the Honor Guard ExcellenceAward, one      PHPEHUVIRULQGLYLGXDODFFRPSOLVKPHQWVWKURXJK-
ments and relax for an evening, said Col. Douglas             of the highest recognized awards, as well as Most Improved,  RXWWKHODVW\HDU
Weskamp, 163rd Attack Wing (California Air National           Best Dressed, Best Performer and Rookie-of-the-Year.
Guard) vice commander and event host.                            Senior Airman Astin Coleman, an honor guard member
                                                              from the 452nd Force Support Squadron, was awarded for
   The three flights, Alpha, Bravo and Training—each           the most ceremonies performed throughout the last year.
made up of active duty, guard and Reserve Airmen, en-            “The Blue Eagles Total Force Honor Guard is one of
tered the ceremony in an informal fashion, dancing to         the busiest honor guards in the country,” said Staff Sgt.
the sounds of Bruno Mars and Katy Perry.                      John Hicks, the team’s NCOIC from the 412th Force
                                                              Support Squadron. “
   “It was such a privilege seeing these guys and girls          Responsible for providing honorable services for a geo-
outside their guarded and professional selves,” said          graphical area of more than 50,000 miles of Southern Cali-
Weskamp. “It was so rewarding and uplifting to see            fornia, the March team performed more than 1,800 military
them recognized for their honorable actions.”                 funeral honors and more than 200 ceremonial functions in
                                                              the past year, Hicks said.
   The ceremony also included a keynote speaker, Chief
Master Sergeant Tina L. Casen, the Individual Mobilization
Augmentee (IMA) to the Command Chief of Space and
Missile Systems Center and principle senior enlisted advisor

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