Twenty-four hours a day, 365 days a year, volunteer members of the Army's 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment stand as silent sentinels guarding the Tomb of the Unknowns.  Through the brutal heat of a Washington summer or, like this weekend, a record snowfall and blizzard, the men of "The Old Guard" perform their duty with unmatched precision. Anyone who has ever watched them pacing back and forth in front of the Tomb, their granite faces never changing expression, the click of their heels, their rifles expertly handled, cannot forget the emotional solemnity of the occassion.  There will be no one to watch the changing of the guard.  But while the Old Guard is a ceremonial unit, its members are there not to perform.  They are there to remind us of all those who have given their lives in defense of the United States – especially "an American soldier known but to God." This tweet from the Old Guard Twitter account shows them to be...(Read Full Post)