Appearently and much to my surprise, I was wrong about one thing, when I visited the Tomb of the Unkown Soldier, I swore it was guarded by marines. I was sadly mistaken...
"Recently, while you were sleeping, the teeth of hurricane Isabel came through this area and tore hell out of everything. We had thousands of trees down, power outages, traffic signals out, roads filled with downed limbs and "gear adrift" debris. We had flooding and the place looked like it had been the impact area of an off-shore bombardment.
The Regimental Commander of the U.S. Third Infantry sent word to the nighttime Sentry Detail to secure the post and seek shelter from the high winds, to ensure their personal safety.
THEY DISOBEYED THE ORDER!"
TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER(Interesting Facts)." Latest Articles. Web. 20 Oct. 2010. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/1126293/posts.)
It was erroneously reported that during Hurricane Isabel, the Sentinels were ordered to abandon their posts for shelter and that they refused. No such order was ever given. All proper precautions were taken to ensure the safety of the Sentinels while accomplishing their mission. Risk assessments are constantly conducted by the Chain of Command during changing conditions to ensure that soldier welfare is maintained during mission accomplishment
("FAQ." Society of the Honor Guard - Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Web. 20 Oct. 2010. http://www.tombguard.org/FAQ.html.)
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