Awesome Changing of the Guard, Arlington Cemetery, November 28, 2015, 1pm

Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers -- 1pm
First visit to visit Arlington and very glad that we did. Wonderful & beautiful facility.
Video with Sony RX100 i

[@davyt0247]

I never get tired of seeing this ceremony

[@edwardfarmer2096]

Most impressive and well done. Glad to note that we honor those that gave their all so my family and I live in freedom

[@joeressa9343]

a very somber and beautiful show of respect

[@wolfcatsden]

I'm not even American and I could watch its over and over again. So Proper, respectful and such Dedication to showing every ounce of Respect for those who fought and fell for our freedoms

[@haydenlarkin4789]

I am the same way

[@brad9888]

How can anyone in the right mind after all?

[@xxn0thing]

The passion, honor, respect, discipline, commitment and focus involved... all things that are sadly lacking in the current "instant-gratification" era.

[@gaylespencer6188]

No matter how many times I see this ceremony (there are lots of videos on the internet) I'm impressed with the respect.

[@rayc76knoxville]

This was our first time and didn't know what to expect. We were really impressed and glad that we were there to see it for ourselves.

[@jerryhuff4732]

I have nothing but the upmost respect for the level of precision that these soldiers must follow.

[@rayc76knoxville]

Impressive group of soldiers! God Bless America.

[@stupullenchannel3525]

This is the most beautiful ceremony to our fallen service men ever created and I am proud of the men and women who do this day in and day out 24/7...God bless them all!

[@IztokGolob-Naklo]

It is not how they do it the first time or even the tenth. It is how they do it for the 50th time on a hot humid day when you (as a tourist) die to escape to the subway or a museum or some coffee shop every five minutes. The dedication is amazing to anyone who's ever wore a uniform, gone through basic drills and stood a post.

[@Andy-qn5xi]

Of all the videos I’ve watched of this ceremony, this might be my favorite. The crisp snap of both the Staff Sergeant’s and the guard’s movements are superb. #GodBlessOurSoldiers

[@rayc76knoxville]

Thank you for watching. This was the first time I saw the ceremony. I happened to luck out and just be at the right place at the right time. God Bless.

[@deciodepaulamachado5527]

Respect . God bless America .

[@Knownwhale462]

Oh hey he was one of my drill sergeants a few years ago lol its crazy seeing him again when he was a guard, from2013-2016 he was a guard truly a great fun spirited man always making things fun but being strict when needed and even in basic you could tell he had a very disciplined composure

[@Knownwhale462]

DS Hickman

[@rayc76knoxville]

What a small world. It was our first time and glad we were able to witness this. Very Special. God Bless America.

[@samsignorelli]

The cover adjustment at 4:35 was something that no one behind the rail would know was needed if the SOG hadn't done it.... but the Sentinels have their high standards to maintain....perfection is the order of the day for those soldiers.

[@eznf98]

Also he adjusted or pulled a loose string after giving back the gun

[@mark9531]

@@eznf98 Good evening EZNF. You may be correct about pulling a loose string. However, in the hours that they take to prepare their uniforms each day, I would doubt that he would have missed something a obvious as a string. From the ready room to the Tomb Plaza, they walk under a long shaded area. Leaves, pollen pods, etc fall from those trees. I kinda guess that was what it was. But I don't know that for sure.

[@amrtek1215]

These soldiers are perfect and beautiful to behold. The unknown soldier deserves such reverence. An old soldier presents arms. Thank you for posting.

[@joeyshofner4950]

I love seeing these videos. Makes me proud to be an American.

[@lethalwolf7455]

Always love the inspection at the changing of the guard, everything has to be perfect, there is not one spec of dust on that rifle, and not one wrinkle in that uniform. Full respect to the men and women that guard those sacred tombs. I look up to them so much👍

[@Andy-qn5xi]

Although each of the guard commanders have their own rhythm, the snap precision of the entire ceremony is amazing.

[@ikarooz]

I've watched many of these. Knowing the soldiers will be perfect I generally watch the crowd's reactions. Your version is the best I've seen.

[@rayc76knoxville]

Thank you for the kind comment. We were humbled just to be able to see this. It was our first visit. So glad we visited Arlington. It was really beautiful there. God Bless America!

[@eznf98]

I've been watching this for pass half an hour

[@otterchen]

At 3:24 the Endcap of the rifle opend due to that powerfull inspection, great how the Sgt. handled it in the next moves.

[@lovebug12345ist]

amazzing saw ;live wean was a teen am 65 now i rember it like was yesterday

[@timjacobs1997]

That is a awesome ceremony

[@rayc76knoxville]

Indeed.

[@MrPeerum]

respect,god bless also the Netherlands.

[@billhaigney5080]

I've seen a number of these and I'm impressed with the weapons inspection of this one! Clean, crisp, fast, but thorough. Wold like to see this as a silent switch

[@santafemiket]

There are times they will change silently.

[@wendybuyens5029]

so mutch respect and honer love it

[@leeroberts1192]

The Commander of the Guard has a hard job, with the way they have to swing the riffle around without injuring themselves or the incoming Sentinel, with a very short distance between them

[@roberthudson3523]

Great Job! God Bless America!

[@starshipgus8578]

I always wondered what kinda person will give a thumbs down for this ceremony? He/she thinks is better than those soldiers,is it disrespect,don’t like it,or don’t like the military Corp.Whoever you are,I give you both thumbs down.

[@ameliashostak4764]

starship gus i would agree and started thinking about that. I dont think the thumbs down is for the content of the video, i think its the quality; how blurry it is, sound of guy breathing so hard it almost drowns out the foot clicks, things like that. How can anyone watch something so humbling then thumbs down it? Thats my opinion

[@starshipgus8578]

Amelia Shostak There is nothing wrong with the video from my end,looks sharp and clear.The focus is of what this video represents,not the quality of it.

[@starshipgus8578]

Scooter Scooter And now you reveled what you are,you know what they say,better keep your mouth shut and let people think you’re a moron,than open it and remove all doubts.

[@NahBNah]

Who cares there’s 290 likes, it’s only 9 dislikes

[@irietheace1199]

some people just hate the millitary.

[@avival66]

I can wach this for eeeeever..i respect and admire this solgers...God bless them 💖

[@xXx_JerBear_xXx]

the footprints on the ground amaze me. all the way since 1926

[@george5120]

Being a Tomb sentinel would drive me nuts. So glad to be out of the military, now. Some people think that kind of military discipline is the coolest thing. But I hated it.

[@kristinawashington1773]

Awesome video... Thanks a bunch.

[@m.t1960]

Woow So awesome,i have goosebumps really,RESPECT💎

[@Elwrt455]

God I miss the Army ***saluting***

[@shyryTsr2k]

I wish to join but my wife won't let me smh...thank you for your service sir/ma'am.🙏

[@chadadams3381]

Ramon Hart thank you for your service

[@tlelliott-nc2384]

The Old Guard dates back to 1784. They are the ONLY unit of the armed forces permitted to guard with fixed bayonet, in honor of their bayonet charge during the Battle of Cerro Gordo in 1847.

[@rayc76knoxville]

Thank you for sharing this information.

[@Schrecken]

uhh no

[@veronicaarcos5652]

Que hermoso y se ven súper 🇨🇱

[@RH03111BFOUR]

Beautiful.

[@lottnio8207]

It is interesting you can see paths on the ground at where they always walk.

[@steveharleyfan]

Isn't that rust accumulated from years of marching with steel in their boots...?

[@mark9531]

@@steveharleyfan Good evening Hugh. You are correct. The marble is actually worn a little. So water pools slightly. It is rust, as you say. And the water continues the iron oxidation. Then, amazingly, it is black shoe polish which melts during the summer into the marble. It would be a job to clean it. But I don't think they want to clean it. Since it tells an 83 year old story.

[@danimald.2407]

I urge everyone to look into what it takes to be an Honor Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. God Bless.

[@THESALUTINGMARINEFAN]

This is one of the few videos that I've seen where the crowd actually stays quiet, there are so many videos where the sentinel has to stop what he/she is doing to either tell the crowd that they need to be silent or when someone tries to get close to the tomb and the sentinel has to tell them to stay behind the chains and rails

[@tommyodonnell9]

No, there are really a handful of videos that shows visitors being broken off. Vast majority of visitors are respectful and follow the rules.

[@user-oq5kg3ro7u]

감사합니다 😃

[@damianotadiello3555]

la presenza di questa guardia d'onore è come una fiamma accesa che ci ricorda il sacrificio di chi non avrà mai un nome

[@TheXx1nfinityxX]

1:20 that's great

[@shyryTsr2k]

Everybody got up😂

[@cajuncountry7103]

@@shyryTsr2k what's funny about it?

[@kariukithairu]

my favourite part 2:16

[@rayc76knoxville]

Yes very precise. I was lucky to be there to see this.

[@aungthu3890]

Easy clean soldiers 👨‍✈️👩‍✈️👨‍✈️

[@nicholasfarrell8403]

I’ve always wondered how they go about changing the guards out when there is no audience

[@mark9531]

Good afternoon Nicholas. They change the guard in order to...change the guard. The guards walk the mat for 30 minutes from March to September. One hour from October to March. and 2 hours at night. They go through the exact procedure every time. Even in the middle of the night when it is pouring down rain (they do not do weapon inspection in the rain) The changing of the guard is not for the benefit of the visitors. The purpose of changing the guard is to...change the guard

[@tommyodonnell9]

A guard change is a guard change, regardless of time of day. Sometimes at night or during a snowstorm, you do a Post One change, by the Box. Regardless of how it's done, you always salute the Unknowns and pass on orders. (FYI - there's a KZbin video of a Post One change in the snow.)

[@jamesposedenti5377]

Exactly the same

[@aaron2709]

Wow, wish I could see that adjustment at 4:03 from another angle.

[@bluemountain555]

If anybody in the audience is not standing, then the staff sergeant will not hesitate to point that person out and ask them to stand. Starting at 5:27 there's clearly a woman in the background who went from standing to crouching and she was definitely in the eye site of the sergeant. Yet, he didn't say anything about it. I suppose the fact that she was crouching to attend to her child is forgiveable, similar to those who are wheelchair bound.

[@rayc76knoxville]

Ha, you have sharp eyes. They did tell people to stand at the beginning. Looks like she was stooping and holding on to her kid and keep him from running into the area which was a good thing. Yep this was something to see and glad to be there. Peace.

[@leeroberts1192]

Is it just the army that guard the tomb? Whenever I watch a video of the changing of the guard, it's always someone from the army. What's the thing that they twiddle on the top of the riffle? Shouldn't the bayonette be on the top and not underneath? It looks as if it'd be foul of the path of a bullet if the sentinel ever had to fire their weapon

[@tommyodonnell9]

Always Army - specifically, 3d Infantry Regiment ("The Old Guard").

[@anthonylagunas6737]

They will never fire the weapon, there are no rounds in it.

[@ammadshafqatch2506]

Maay ny jo bol diya hy waysa e hona hain baki tum sab ki mrzi

[@shannon-zw6yg]

Majors sgt and cadets and infantrymen to the golf course for drill instructions safety and private training for vp and p details of grades.,

[@beatricewoods8377]

Total Discipline

[@directdec8224]

Respect from the uk. I don’t get why this is volunteering. Are guardsman get paid to guard the queen. Why don’t these soldiers get paid. Edit: this may have sounded a bit strange but if you are guarding I think you should get paid.

[@tommyodonnell9]

Members of the 3d Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard) volunteer to serve at the Tomb. They receive regular Army pay.

[@kemerson7358]

I would have jumped at the chance to do this.. This isn't something you expect special pay for.

[@aquilifergroup]

Guarding the tomb is a duty you volunteer for. You go through a selection process with a 90% failure rate. It’s considered a huge honor. Your pay is whatever your rank is.

[@drinxs505]

I like to watch there feet.one solider is sweeping 05:15

[@davidscoltock3970]

They use the M14 because the M16 is too fragile for the drill movements. Not bad drill however, it's interesting to compare to the more fluid style of our British guards.

[@tylerjones9013]

It's the m1 grand

[@michaelz7683]

@@tylerjones9013 no it's the m14.

[@JoseMartinez-pl6vb]

“M16 too fragile”...ha..! It’s to ugly..!

[@stevenm3823]

wrong..it's an M14@@tylerjones9013

[@RuminatingWizard]

Where can I see video of the fluid British guards and what are they guarding?

[@mikebox]

I have to ask this. Here's an E-6 SSG, been to combat, witht he 4th ID, no CIB, No EIB. how'd he make E-6? ALso not sporting Tomb Guard Badge.

[@n5iln]

Not everyone who goes to a combat deployment is infantry.

[@mark9531]

@@n5iln Good evening n5iln. You said; "Not everyone who goes to a combat deployment is infantry" When he introduces himself at Sgt Hickman of the 3rd Infantry Regiment. I think all male Sentinels are from the 3rd Army Infantry Regiment at Fort Myer.

[@tommyodonnell9]

Had not yet earned his Badge.

[@dalepratt9707]

@@mark9531 The 3rd Army Regiment is the Old Guard…They are tasked with guarding The Tomb, male or female…..

[@mr31337]

They couldn't even be bothered to clean the floor before they started.

[@nicholasfarrell8403]

Are you really that stupid?

[@mr31337]

@@nicholasfarrell8403 Are you?

[@aquilifergroup]

That’s not dirt on the concrete you dunce. Those marks are the impressions left by the boots of thousands of sentries stepping in the exact same place over the years.

[@mark9531]

It is actually rust mixed with shoe polish. It will not come off the marble. The Guards have steel reinforced heels on their shoed. As they walk tiny metal shavings come off as their heel hits the marble. When it rains the metal rusts. In the heat, black shoe polish melts on their shoes and mixes with the metal shavings and water. As Nicholas stated, it is an indelible testament of 650+ Tomb Guards stepping in the exact same spot 24 hours a day for decades. In all those decades, their march has never changed.

[@mark9531]

@@aquilifergroup You know you could have just answered the question without insulting the man. It was a fair question. But since you DID insult the man, pardon me for being pedantic. In your answer you made 4 factual errors. Does that make YOU a dunce? 1) It is solid marble, not concrete 2) The guards wear shoes, not boots 3) There have been 650+ guards/Sentinels, not thousands 4) They are Sentinels or guards. Not sentries

[@jhhu7908]

이거 미국아니고 영국같은데 맞나요? 미국은 저렇게 각 잡지는 않은데

[@tommyodonnell9]

It is the U.S.

[@katananana]

why not clean the floor

[@tommyodonnell9]

You don't clean a legacy to the Unknowns.

[@aquilifergroup]

Those marks are not dirt, they are impressions formed by the boots of thousands of sentries stepping on the exact same place on the concrete over the years

[@mark9531]

@@aquilifergroup 1) Marble not concrete 2) Shoes not boots 3) 650+ guards, not thousands. 4) Sentinels or guards not sentries (Sentries guard a door or an access point) Some would say I am being pedantic. My wife just says I am an insufferable, know-it-all horse's ass.

[@tyy791]

Там не весь ствол проверен. Надо разобрать винтовку. А потом раздеть караульного и проверить всю одежду. А вдруг это не мужик. И вообще все проверить. Каждого находящегося. А потом сменить караульных. Доложить фбр цру и лично президенту. Как то так.

[@jimr4033]

What?

[@tyy791]

@@jimr4033 Must check everything.

[@jimr4033]

Thank you

[@surprisedrossgeller4688]

What if there's a karen here unwilling to stand.

[@mark9531]

The guests are always willing to respond to the Guard's request. Some times they are just careless or aren't paying attention. They are not defiant. I have never known one who did not cooperate after receiving instructions in a loud Command Voice from the Tomb Guard

[@user-kb8yv5re5e]

На этих англосаксов смотреть противно.

[@rassell75]

походка насравшего в штаны )))))))))

[@nikolaygrachev4278]

😁 100%

[@daz6637]

I mean no offence to these or any soldiers as I am one. However the drill of this unknown soldier has become robotics and is not human, it s rather sad as it is a special thing to be conducting drill in your capital city.

[@rayc76knoxville]

Well in this Country, you are entitled to express your opinion and can have one. However, this tradition is a time-honored one that has been conduced 7 days a week 24 hours a day to honor our fallen soldiers. No one does this for money. They do it because "we remember" and will not forget the sacrifice of those who gave their lives for our freedom. God Bless the USA.

[@daz6637]

rayc76knoxville I respectfully think you miss my point: I am not disrespecting the act of mounting a guard on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. What I am saying is: It has become rather robotic and many drill movements now (as is the same in the UK) have become detached from serving soldiers looking like human beings. I was fortunate enough to be the Senior Sgt (E7 in US terms) to mount guard at Buckingham Palace, St James Palace and the Tower of London for 6 months after returning from Afghanistan in 2007 so I have an understanding of the script.