Musketeers Planned Tribute to One of Our Own

[jihad]

   


 The -=1st/AG=- is planning to attend.

 

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[Sundog]

I'll be there (As I am sure there will be other DD's too). Rip, if you can't find enough tankers, let me know. I am sure some DD would be honored to be part of the 21 gun salute.

SD

P.S.- Cobra, if you would like, e-mail me your e-mail, and I can make up a diagram of what you are asking and we can e-mail it back and forth until it was what you want. Then I will post it for everyone. <S!>

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[Cobra]

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Rip, The Tank Salute is a great idea.

Please only Rip's tankers, no other vehicles.

The others who are not part of a 4 person squadron fly-by, I would like to have line up in Parade formation along the runway, when the word is given.

HBlair...if you could film this, that would be great.  As a suggestion I would ask that you bail otr and stand infront of the tower to film the ceremony...facing the parade formations.

<S>
Cobra

[discod]

If anyone else rolls film of this event I would be interested in having you post a copy of the .ahf file so that those who are making videos of the event can have multiple perspectives.  

I think after the event I will create a thread in the Message Board where you can post your .ahf files.

[Ripsnort]

Will do, Cobra.

I've been flooded with requests to represent a tanker for the 21 gun salute, and I just want to say that I've already allowed the first 6 that requested so to represent the 21 gun salute a position.  All positions are filled at this time.

Thanks.

 

THE PRACTICE OF FIRING THREE RIFLE VOLLEYS OVER THE GRAVE:
This practice originated in the old custom of halting the fighting to remove the dead from    the battlefield. Once each army had cleared its dead, it would fire three volleys to indicate that the dead had been cared for and that they were ready to go back to the fight. The fact that the firing party consists of seven riflemen, firing three volleys does                  not constitute a 21-gun salute. It is the three volleys that is significant. Not the number of rifles.
21-GUN SALUTE: All personal salutes may be traced to the prevailing use in earlier days
to ensure that the saluter placed himself in an unarmed position. Salute by  gunfire is a
most-ancient ceremony. The British for years compelled weaker nations to make the first                  salute, but in time international practice compelled "Gun for Gun" in the principle of an equality of nations. In the earliest days, seven guns was a recognized British National
Salute. Those early regulations stated that, although a ship could fire only seven guns, the forts could fire for honors three shots to one shot afloat. In that day powder of sodium nitrate was easier to keep on shore than at sea. In time, when the quality                  of gun powder improved by the use of potassium nitrate, the sea salute was made equal to the shore salute -- 21 guns as the highest national honor. Although for a period of time, monarchies received more guns than republics, eventually republics claimed                  equality. There was much confusion caused by the varying customs of maritime states, but finally the British government proposed to the United States a regulation that provided for "Salute to be  Returned Gun for Gun." The British at that time officially considered the international salute to be 21 guns and the United States adopted the 21-gun and "Gun
for Gun Return" August 17, 1875. Previous to that time, our national salute was one gun                  for each state. The practice was also a result of usage -- John Paul Jones saluted France with 13 guns (one for each state) at Quiberon Bay when the Stars and Stripes received its first salute. This practice was not authorized until 1810. By the admission of states to the Union, the salute reached 21 guns by 1818. In 1841, the national salute was reduced to 21 guns. In fact, the 1875 adoption of the British suggestion because a formal announcement that the United States recognized 21 guns as an international salute.

Veterans of America Honor Guard

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[NHFoxtro]

It sounds very nice Cobra, I will try and make it Sat, but I will be there for the practice Friday.

[DRILL]

 the 457th will be there if anything we can do let us know

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