I do not have any personal advice, but my son-in-law's father was retired from the guard. He always talked of his time in the guard with love for the service. When he passed away some af his best friends from the guard got him full honors. He had a member at attendance with his coffin, and a ceremony on the changing of the guard. THey even got a real person to play a bugle at hi sgraveside(I hear the usual is a recording now). It just seemed to me these men had a lot of love and repect for a former comrad in arms. You don't see that kind of loyalty much anymore.

I guess this isn't really what you were looking for, but I think it speaks to the quality of people in that service.

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Linda

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