WEBVTT 00:06.540 --> 00:09.320 E . I am Colonel Don Scofield on the 00:09.320 --> 00:11.431 commander and conductor of the United 00:11.431 --> 00:13.730 States Air Force Band , And this year I 00:13.730 --> 00:15.530 led the ceremonial band in the 00:15.530 --> 00:18.040 departure ceremony for President Trump 00:18.040 --> 00:19.596 at Andrews Air Force Base . 00:26.640 --> 00:30.350 In this era of co vid way focused on 00:30.350 --> 00:32.406 the departure ceremony because there 00:32.406 --> 00:34.461 was no inaugural parade this year or 00:34.461 --> 00:38.130 inaugural balls perform at so co vid 00:38.140 --> 00:40.740 really changed the scope of what we 00:40.740 --> 00:43.370 presented . But we were still able to 00:43.380 --> 00:45.213 render our honors , and it was a 00:45.213 --> 00:46.436 wonderful , wonderful 00:52.940 --> 00:54.960 I think what we enjoyed about the 00:54.960 --> 00:57.071 experience , what I will take away is 00:57.071 --> 00:59.182 always being part of something that's 00:59.182 --> 01:00.960 bigger than ourselves . What we 01:00.960 --> 01:03.460 represent when we wear the uniform and 01:03.460 --> 01:05.238 being able to be a part of that 01:05.238 --> 01:07.293 presidential ceremony , I think it's 01:07.293 --> 01:09.516 something that we will always hold very 01:09.516 --> 01:08.560 dear . 01:14.640 --> 01:16.418 I'm Major Justin Boyd . I'm the 01:16.418 --> 01:18.529 director of operations for the United 01:18.529 --> 01:20.529 States Air Force on a Guard , and I 01:20.529 --> 01:22.751 have multiple roles in the inauguration 01:22.751 --> 01:24.751 this this year . So first off , I'm 01:24.751 --> 01:26.696 gonna be the commander for the Air 01:26.696 --> 01:28.807 Force Section of the passing Review . 01:28.807 --> 01:30.918 This will give the commander in chief 01:30.918 --> 01:33.140 the first opportunity to review some of 01:33.140 --> 01:35.473 the finest American airman that we have . 01:35.473 --> 01:37.529 Then I will be the commander for the 01:37.529 --> 01:39.640 Air Force section of the presidential 01:39.640 --> 01:41.807 escort . That's the joint service team 01:41.807 --> 01:43.918 that will escort the president to the 01:43.918 --> 01:45.807 White House for the first time as 01:45.807 --> 01:47.862 president of the United States . And 01:47.862 --> 01:49.696 then , of course , as my role of 01:49.696 --> 01:51.862 director of operations . I'm trying to 01:51.862 --> 01:51.480 make sure we have all the resource is 01:51.480 --> 01:53.980 training and support that we need to 01:53.980 --> 01:56.091 make sure that we can execute all the 01:56.091 --> 01:57.813 other events that are gonna be 01:57.813 --> 01:59.591 occurring on that day as well . 02:06.740 --> 02:08.907 It's extremely hard to train virtually 02:08.907 --> 02:11.073 with the weapon . It's just it's not a 02:11.073 --> 02:13.240 common thing . Uh , we did try some of 02:13.240 --> 02:15.407 that to see samples and so forth . See 02:15.407 --> 02:17.629 if this is something that was realistic 02:17.629 --> 02:19.629 and we did give out a little bit of 02:19.629 --> 02:21.907 training that was virtual or via email , 02:21.907 --> 02:23.962 letting members know . Hey , this is 02:23.962 --> 02:26.129 this is the weapons that were going to 02:26.129 --> 02:25.970 use . This is probably what we expect 02:25.970 --> 02:27.748 your position to be . As you're 02:27.748 --> 02:29.859 supporting for some of these events , 02:29.859 --> 02:32.380 we literally have to train 81 personnel 02:32.380 --> 02:35.520 to be synchronized all down to the 02:35.520 --> 02:37.464 millisecond , so they look great . 02:44.240 --> 02:46.407 This is literally a once in a lifetime 02:46.407 --> 02:48.629 kind of event . I mean , you have to be 02:48.629 --> 02:50.629 in the honor guard during this time 02:50.629 --> 02:52.851 period when there's an inauguration and 02:52.851 --> 02:54.907 you have to be selected to be in the 02:54.907 --> 02:57.073 inauguration so that the odds of being 02:57.073 --> 02:59.296 selected for something like this , it's 02:59.296 --> 03:01.407 just it's one in a million chance . I 03:01.407 --> 03:03.518 mean , I'm truly humbled to be a part 03:03.518 --> 03:05.684 of this , and it's probably one of the 03:05.684 --> 03:07.796 most important events that will occur 03:07.796 --> 03:07.160 over the next several years .