[sweetmtn]

When my army son was in Washington DC with the Honor Guard/Old Guard, almost all the ones that did funerals for the navy at Arlington were BUDS drop outs..the bad part for those that get sent to DC in that roll, it is a 3 year commitment, and you CANNOT promote beyond E3 for the time you are there.(so if you go in as an E3, you are stuck there period) My son was friends with most of them as on some occasions they do joint service funerals. The army on the other hand, those with Honor Guard/Old Guard promote very fast as they are all Infantry and do get deployed from there, and generally make E4 in 3 years if they only start at E1, those that start higher, go higher faster.