Coast Guard Presidential Honor Guard & Silent Drill Team
The Coast Guard Presidential Honor Guard & Silent Drill Team will be on hand at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium Friday, September 3rd as part of Master Chief Gordon Yowell's Retirement Party.
Do not miss out on this once in a lifetime opportunity to see the precision of the Coast Guard Presidential Honor Guard & Drill Team. This very drill team performed at the inauguration of President Barrack Obama!
The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard was created by the order of President John F. Kennedy in 1962. Prior to that, the Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, New Jersey was responsible for supplying a recruit platoon to fulfill Coast Guard commitments in National Ceremonies, and departing honors were rendered by the local unit. This not only proved expensive, but the recruits lacked essential experience and perfection.
On March 5,1962, Admiral Alfred C Richmond, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, established the Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard. The Honor Guard, located at the United States Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Maryland, had 33 original members. In order to reduce the logistical problems involved in responding to ceremonial tasking in Washington DC from Baltimore, the Honor Guard moved its base of operations to the Coast Guard Radio Station in Washington DC from Baltimore in 1965. That facility is now known as the Coast Guard Telecommunication and Information Systems Command (TISCOM).
TISCOM is located in Alexandria, Virginia and is still home to the Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard. The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard represents the Commandant, the Military District of Washington and the United States Coast Guard through ceremonial operations held before world leaders and dignitaries. Ceremonies can include parades, funerals, White House dignitary arrivals, as well as presenting colors at local and official functions. Honor Guard members participate in joint service activities as well as Coast Guard functions. The Honor Guard performs in excess of 1600 ceremonies annually. The Honor Guard is comprised of 70 members, with a Lieutenant (O-3) serving as the Officer in Charge, two Junior Officers (usually O-1) serving as Operations Officer and Training Officer, a Chief Petty Officer (E-7)as the Honor Guard Chief, and four Petty Officers (ranging from E-4 to E-6). The remaining members of the Honor Guard are "first-tour" non-rates (E-3) coming directly out of Training Center Cape May. The officers and non-rates serve a two year tour of duty in the Honor Guard, while the Chief Petty Officer and Petty Officers serve four year tours.
Do not forget fans that on Friday, Sept 3rd will also be Brad Bergesen bobblehead night, courtesy of Atlantic Bay Homes! The first 1000 fans through the gates that evening will receive this one of a kind bobble head of Bergesen, an alumni of the 2006 & 2007 Delmarva Shorebirds!
For more information on tickets to the final home stand of the 2010 season, fans can call 410-219-3112 or stop by the Box office at Arthur W. Perdue Stadium, or visit theshorebirds.com!
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