The post is one of the few in the state of Nevada certified by the US Department of Defense to perform the duties of an honor guard. Only 200 individuals in the state can wear the certification gold pin — triangular in the shape of a folded flag

BOURNE — Lip trembling and eyes wet, Mary Colonna watched in rapt silence as six soldiers from the Massachusetts Army Honor Guard lifted, snapped, and folded the American flag that had covered the casket holding her husband of 61

US Marine Mahlon Fink salutes as the honor guard posts the colors during the ceremony at St. Mary School. Fink is a World War II veteran who took part in the Iwo Jima invasion. Photo by John Strickler Veterans who attended at a

At the base of this totem memorial stood the Southeast Alaska Native Veterans and the Juneau Police Department Honor Guard who posted colors, and the procession of Executive Committees of the Alaska Native Brotherhood and Alaska Native Sisterhood

Rasmussen and other recruits also received instruction on the Coast Guard's core values - honor, respect and devotion to duty - and how to apply them in their military performance and personal conduct. Rasmussen is to join 36000 other men and women who