Honor Guard-Ellsworth AFB

"Our mission is to provide military funeral honors for active duty, retired and veterans who served honorably in the Armed Forces,” said Senior Airman Gerald Mackey, Jr., honor guard flight trainer assigned to the 28th Munitions Squadron."

Ellsworth covers more than 110,000 square miles in South Dakota, Wyoming, and Nebraska. It is the second-largest honor guard area of operation in the Air Force.

Military funerals fall into three categories: retiree, which requires a seven-person team consisting of six pallbearers and a firing-party commander; veteran’s funeral, which requires two Airmen to fold the flag and play Taps afterward; and finally an active-duty funeral, this sequence needs at least 21 Airmen with six pallbearers, a four-person colors team, eight riflemen, a presiding officer, and two spares to act as cues throughout the event.

It is their duty to provide honor to their fellow servicemen towards there final resting place.