The Queen's Royal Guard presented a drill demonstration on the Taylorsville High School driving range Friday. It was very exciting to have these guys perform and most of the school turned out for it. Notice how they have their fists balled up.
During their visit to the United States for a series of soccer matches, 18 members of the Queen's Royal Guard impressed students with marching precision and skill. Because of the difficulty of transporting the sizable ceremonial uniforms, only three of the soldiers wore their traditional red and black Buckingham Palace attire. The rest of the guards wore neatly pressed camouflage fatigues. Each soldier has a tunic and bearskin cap which are fashioned from the skins of Canadian black bears only when a bear hunt is authorized to thin over-population.
British youth can enlist in the military at age 16, but are not allowed to deploy until they are 17-and-a-half. The code of ideals the British soldiers strive to embody includes discipline, integrity and respect for others. Their role is infantry soldiers first and ceremonial soldiers second. And on top of that, they're soccer players.
The Queen's Royal Guards stand guard at royal historic sites in England and their army infantry duties take them all over the world. They were very fun to talk to and quite willing to let students try their caps. Isn't James just stunning in it?
2 comments:
Wow, that is really cool that they let other people wear their caps. I wouldn't think that would be acceptable. NEAT!
I've always wondered what it would be like to wear a bearskin on your head, now James has experienced something that I may never experience. I'm jealous;)
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