1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 2 00:00:06,540 --> 00:00:09,320 E . I am Colonel Don Scofield on the 3 00:00:09,320 --> 00:00:11,431 commander and conductor of the United 4 00:00:11,431 --> 00:00:13,730 States Air Force Band , And this year I 5 00:00:13,730 --> 00:00:15,530 led the ceremonial band in the 6 00:00:15,530 --> 00:00:18,040 departure ceremony for President Trump 7 00:00:18,040 --> 00:00:19,596 at Andrews Air Force Base . 8 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:30,350 In this era of co vid way focused on 9 00:00:30,350 --> 00:00:32,406 the departure ceremony because there 10 00:00:32,406 --> 00:00:34,461 was no inaugural parade this year or 11 00:00:34,461 --> 00:00:38,130 inaugural balls perform at so co vid 12 00:00:38,140 --> 00:00:40,740 really changed the scope of what we 13 00:00:40,740 --> 00:00:43,370 presented . But we were still able to 14 00:00:43,380 --> 00:00:45,213 render our honors , and it was a 15 00:00:45,213 --> 00:00:46,436 wonderful , wonderful 16 00:00:52,940 --> 00:00:54,960 I think what we enjoyed about the 17 00:00:54,960 --> 00:00:57,071 experience , what I will take away is 18 00:00:57,071 --> 00:00:59,182 always being part of something that's 19 00:00:59,182 --> 00:01:00,960 bigger than ourselves . What we 20 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:03,460 represent when we wear the uniform and 21 00:01:03,460 --> 00:01:05,238 being able to be a part of that 22 00:01:05,238 --> 00:01:07,293 presidential ceremony , I think it's 23 00:01:07,293 --> 00:01:09,516 something that we will always hold very 24 00:01:09,516 --> 00:01:08,560 dear . 25 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:16,418 I'm Major Justin Boyd . I'm the 26 00:01:16,418 --> 00:01:18,529 director of operations for the United 27 00:01:18,529 --> 00:01:20,529 States Air Force on a Guard , and I 28 00:01:20,529 --> 00:01:22,751 have multiple roles in the inauguration 29 00:01:22,751 --> 00:01:24,751 this this year . So first off , I'm 30 00:01:24,751 --> 00:01:26,696 gonna be the commander for the Air 31 00:01:26,696 --> 00:01:28,807 Force Section of the passing Review . 32 00:01:28,807 --> 00:01:30,918 This will give the commander in chief 33 00:01:30,918 --> 00:01:33,140 the first opportunity to review some of 34 00:01:33,140 --> 00:01:35,473 the finest American airman that we have . 35 00:01:35,473 --> 00:01:37,529 Then I will be the commander for the 36 00:01:37,529 --> 00:01:39,640 Air Force section of the presidential 37 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:41,807 escort . That's the joint service team 38 00:01:41,807 --> 00:01:43,918 that will escort the president to the 39 00:01:43,918 --> 00:01:45,807 White House for the first time as 40 00:01:45,807 --> 00:01:47,862 president of the United States . And 41 00:01:47,862 --> 00:01:49,696 then , of course , as my role of 42 00:01:49,696 --> 00:01:51,862 director of operations . I'm trying to 43 00:01:51,862 --> 00:01:51,480 make sure we have all the resource is 44 00:01:51,480 --> 00:01:53,980 training and support that we need to 45 00:01:53,980 --> 00:01:56,091 make sure that we can execute all the 46 00:01:56,091 --> 00:01:57,813 other events that are gonna be 47 00:01:57,813 --> 00:01:59,591 occurring on that day as well . 48 00:02:06,740 --> 00:02:08,907 It's extremely hard to train virtually 49 00:02:08,907 --> 00:02:11,073 with the weapon . It's just it's not a 50 00:02:11,073 --> 00:02:13,240 common thing . Uh , we did try some of 51 00:02:13,240 --> 00:02:15,407 that to see samples and so forth . See 52 00:02:15,407 --> 00:02:17,629 if this is something that was realistic 53 00:02:17,629 --> 00:02:19,629 and we did give out a little bit of 54 00:02:19,629 --> 00:02:21,907 training that was virtual or via email , 55 00:02:21,907 --> 00:02:23,962 letting members know . Hey , this is 56 00:02:23,962 --> 00:02:26,129 this is the weapons that were going to 57 00:02:26,129 --> 00:02:25,970 use . This is probably what we expect 58 00:02:25,970 --> 00:02:27,748 your position to be . As you're 59 00:02:27,748 --> 00:02:29,859 supporting for some of these events , 60 00:02:29,859 --> 00:02:32,380 we literally have to train 81 personnel 61 00:02:32,380 --> 00:02:35,520 to be synchronized all down to the 62 00:02:35,520 --> 00:02:37,464 millisecond , so they look great . 63 00:02:44,240 --> 00:02:46,407 This is literally a once in a lifetime 64 00:02:46,407 --> 00:02:48,629 kind of event . I mean , you have to be 65 00:02:48,629 --> 00:02:50,629 in the honor guard during this time 66 00:02:50,629 --> 00:02:52,851 period when there's an inauguration and 67 00:02:52,851 --> 00:02:54,907 you have to be selected to be in the 68 00:02:54,907 --> 00:02:57,073 inauguration so that the odds of being 69 00:02:57,073 --> 00:02:59,296 selected for something like this , it's 70 00:02:59,296 --> 00:03:01,407 just it's one in a million chance . I 71 00:03:01,407 --> 00:03:03,518 mean , I'm truly humbled to be a part 72 00:03:03,518 --> 00:03:05,684 of this , and it's probably one of the 73 00:03:05,684 --> 00:03:07,796 most important events that will occur 74 00:03:07,796 --> 00:03:07,160 over the next several years .