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The D.C. National Guard has played a pivotal role in presidential Inaugurations, a tradition starting in the earliest days of the nation. The D.C. Militia or National Guard has been at every presidential Inauguration beginning with an honor detail which rode with President Washington in recognition of his time as Virginia's militia commander.
DC FEMS was joined by emergency personnel from the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority Fire and Rescue Department, United States Coast Guard, Maryland State Police, along with other local, state, and federal agencies.
The DCARNG Honor Guard program follows the details outlined within the ARNG-MFH handbook to build its Honor Guard composition. [12] The DCARNG uses a full-time technician, an Honor Guard NCOIC (Non-commissioned officer in charge), and a team leader to implement its Honor Guard program. Members of the Honor Guard are all volunteers from all ranks.
DC Fire and EMS Chief John Donnelly announced that following a commercial airplane's collision with a military helicopter, nearly 30 bodies had been recovered, with no survivors expected.
The Life Guards; The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) Foot Guards. Grenadier Guards; Coldstream Guards; Scots Guards; Irish Guards; Welsh Guards; Diagram showing the positions of the guards during the lying in state prior to a State Funeral - the cross is at the foot of the coffin: 1: Household Cavalry or Foot Guards 2 ...
The District of Columbia National Guard was brought into federal service April 1898 to fight in the Spanish–American War. [22] The organization of the District of Columbia National Guard modified by Act of the Congress, 11 May 1898 to provide for organization of a naval battalion to consist of not more than four companies of naval militia. [23]
The modern DC ANG received federal recognition on 26 October 1946 as the 121st Fighter Squadron at Andrews Army Airfield, Maryland. It was equipped with F-51D Mustangs and its mission was the air defense of Washington, D.C. On 2 November 1946 the 113th Fighter Group was allotted by the National Guard Bureau, extended federal recognition and ...
The Life Guards and the Blues and Royals, locked in a rivalry stretching back to the Restoration of King Charles II in 1660, each put forward six challengers to compete for eight places at the ...