To: turbocat
"Question on the service men that carry the casket. I keep worrying that those gloves would make it slippery - do you suppose they have rubber palms or something? Surely not just smooth cotton."I was sent an e-mail last night that was telling what was required to be a guardmans of the unknown soldier. I couldn't believe all the requirements but one of the things it said is they dampen their gloves so they can keep a grip on the rifle as they change it from hand to hand as the go around as the rifle is always to be to the outside.
1,178 posted on
06/11/2004 8:34:33 AM PDT by
Spunky
("Everyone has a freedom of choice, but not of consequences.")
To: Spunky
When Nancy stopped and had the President guide her to her seat...Oh my..How sweet.
1,195 posted on
06/11/2004 8:35:58 AM PDT by
MEG33
(John Kerry's been AWOL for two decades on issues of National Security)
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