Honor guards In Cory Aquino's funeral are recognized.
By agv0419
@agv0419 (3022)
Philippines
August 11, 2009 7:06am CST
I salute honor guards for doing their job. Standing there for 9 long hours is not a joke. Now they are been recognized and rewarded for their job and many blessings coming to them. I can't imagine myself to be in their place. Standing upright and motionless is very difficult. I want to enter in military but I don't pass in their medical exam sad to say. My father is retired Navy he can relate to their situation and he also did that in some death VIP's but not that long they have a reliever. What do you think do they deserved to be rewarded.
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5 responses
@o0jopak0o (6394)
• Philippines
12 Jun 10
well i fondly remembered them. It is very hard to stand for 9 hours straight. well i think one has life shown by tv shows
@LetranKnight25 (33121)
• Philippines
12 Aug 09
They should be given honors since their job during the parade wasn't a joke. I know they've been trade for toughness but seeing those four, standing right beside that coffin of our dear former president even though it's raining hard and doing it for more than 5 hours, that's tough. they deserve it.
@owelm0408 (1011)
• Philippines
12 Aug 09
yah, that was a tough job. but i think those guards are trained to that
@blungel0830 (841)
• Philippines
12 Aug 09
Of course they deserve some recognition for their efforts. I just hope that our government will show as much concern over the soldiers who get injured or die while defending democracy and our country in battle. I wonder, if the soldiers who sacrifice their lives in Mindanao are appropriately rewarded too?
@biz_qwaszx (32)
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11 Aug 09
In my opinion they are just doing their job and its not something really new to soldiers. I think that the media is over reacting to their "stunt." But there are guards in the UK who stand there for hours without any change in facial expression. And they do that everyday. So the recognition part is good, and it will always be good to patronize a soldier. But besides that point, soldiers everywhere in the world are doing that everyday. Nothing really surprising here.
