New class of Blue Eagles guardsmen ready for duty

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  • By Kenji Thuloweit
  • 412th Test Wing Public Affairs
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. --  

The 412th Force Support Squadron graduated 27 new members of the Blue Eagles Honor Guard Oct. 28. The two-week course culminated at Chapel 1 with the new honor guard members performing a mock funeral with full military honors.

 

The base honor guard's primary mission is to provide military funeral honors for active duty, retiree and veteran members who served honorably in the United States Air Force and Army Air Corps. The secondary mission of the base honor guard is performing military change of commands, retirements, retreats and other special functions.

 

The Blue Eagles Honor Guard is a total force honor guard comprised of personnel from Edwards, March Air Reserve Base and Los Angeles Air Force Base. Their area of responsibility extends from the Ventura County border to the Arizona and Mexico border, and from the Pacific Ocean to the Nevada border.

 

The honor guard course is taught at Edwards by a staff that includes Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Waldrip, 412th Security Forces Squadron; Tech. Sgt. Stephen Pottinger, 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron; Staff Sgt. Stephen Hampton, 452nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron (March Air Reserve Base); Senior Airman Oscar Vega, 412th Maintenance Squadron; and 2nd Lt. Christopher Arnold, 771st Test Squadron.

 

To learn more about the Blue Eagles Honor Guard, or to join, call 661-275-2583 (BLUE) or e-mail edwardsfss.honor.guard@edwards.af.mil.

This year’s Blue Eagles Honor Guard graduates:

 

Staff Sgt. Daniel Abston,

Senior Airman Hector Barragan-Ruiz

Airman 1st Class Emanual Barnett

Staff Sgt. Carli Briscoe

Airman 1st Class Kiley Burton                     

Airman 1st Class Sergio Cuevas                  

Senior Airman Jose Cruz                

Staff Sgt. Joseph Eckert 

Staff Sgt. Stephen Hampton         

Staff Sgt. Hannah Hunt

Airman 1st Class Brian Ison          

Staff Sgt. Joshua Jarman

Airman 1st Class Jacob Larsen

Airman 1st Class Brian Luna         

Senior Airman Jacob Minter                        

Staff Sgt. Bryant Nadeau              

Airman 1st Class Samantha Phillips            

Staff Sgt. Ashley Provost,                            

Airman 1st Class Dillin Puckett     

Staff Sgt. Joseph Pullins,

Airman 1st Class Aaron Redepenning        

Airman 1st Class Luis Rivera                        

Senior Airman Jerome Roach       

Senior Airman Jonathan Ruiz                      

Airman 1st Class Choco Santiago

Airman 1st Class Elijah Strafford,               

Senior Airman Brandon Wing