Solemn Duty in the Old Guard - From Arlington National Cemetery to the Pentagon on 9/11 in America's Oldest Regiment

This candid memoir recounts the author's nearly four years in the 3rd United States Infantry Regiment--a.k.a. "The Old Guard" or "Escort to the President"--from 2000 to 2004. Beginning with his grueling summertime infantry basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia, he depicts the day-to-day challenges and triumphs of life in the U.S. Army's oldest and most storied unit, from the 2001 Presidential Inauguration to the recovery efforts following the September 11 attacks.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Author's Note

Preface

Overview of Military Terminology

I.¿Home, Memories Thereof

II.¿"You're in the motherfucking Army now, motherfucker"

III.¿Boots, Chutes and Amended Contracts

IV.¿Airborne School and a Temporary Homecoming

V.¿The Old Guard Welcomes Its Newest

VI.¿Second Platoon and a Cold Inauguration

VII.¿Regimental Orientation and the Expert Infantry Brigade

VIII.¿A Running Summer and a Long Day on Summerall

IX.¿"I think the Pentagon got hit"

X.¿Returning to the Bravo Co. Grind

XI.¿Polk, EIB and the Musketeers

XII.¿Driving, Crashing, Moving

XIII.¿S-3: "Nobody knows what to do with these guys!"

XIV.¿The Earning (and Occasional Abuse) of Trust

XV.¿Twenty-Five-Hour Days, a Promotion Board and a Rumor

XVI.¿Left Bravo a Private, Returned an NCO (Almost)

XVII.¿"You boys been to Africa?"

XVIII.¿Wells and Volleyball

XIX.¿Out of Africa

XX.¿A Brief TOG Return and a Morose ­Out-Processing

Epilogue

Index

About the author

Mark Joseph Mongilutz is a professional ghostwriter, copywriter and author. He lives in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Product details

• Authors: Mark Joseph Mongilutz
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.09.2018
• EAN: 9781476672212
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-7221-2
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 367 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, District of Columbia (Washington D.C.), 20th Century, Social & cultural history, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Military Science, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, District Of Columbia (Washington, Dc), Military life & institutions, Military institutions