Air Force Honor Guard stillness in face of a storm

Video shows airmen standing fast in a storm
Posted : Friday Jun 6, 2008 16:20:39 EDT

Footage of an Air Force Honor Guard in Arlington National Cemetery is attracting attention online for the airmen’s almost surreal stillness in the midst of a sudden, violent storm.

A man filming a funeral at the cemetery Wednesday caught the airmen just as wind picked up — and he kept his camera on them as the guard held its post despite lightning and sheets of rain. Their only movement is the flapping of their coats.

The video was posted to http://www.ireport.com/ that day and later aired on CNN.
Watch the video

The thunderstorms that swept across the Washington, D.C., area yesterday downed power lines and trees throughout the region. Meteorologists reported gusts of wind up to 66 mph at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., and one man was killed by a falling tree in Annandale, Va.

Amazing!! Just amazing. They stood still no matter how hard it rained! The person with the camera had a hard time keeping them in focus but you could see they did not move at all. What a bunch of fine men who saw their duty to do and that was all that mattered! WOW.