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For the last two years, Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Jay has been dutifully guarding the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier<\/a> at Arlington National Cemetery<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rain or shine, snow or sleet, for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, Jay and the other guards on watch duty serve as both protectors and commemorators of a national tribute to America\u2019s unidentified and missing service members<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Jay\u2019s final walk scheduled for June 2, this Memorial Day will hold special significance for him as the cemetery prepares for a string of events honoring those who paid the ultimate price for their country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s meant a lot,\u201d Jay, 38, told The Associated Press. \u201cI\u2019m going to try to make sure it doesn\u2019t define me, but it was definitely a defining moment in my career.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jay, who is from Indianapolis, volunteered for the position after serving in the Tennessee-based 101st Airborne Division, which specializes in air assault operations and is known for its record in World War II. He trained for almost 18 months for the guard duty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe training is unlike anything I\u2019ve ever done in my career so far,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s more than the physical aspect of any other Army school you might think of.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The guards, also known as sentinels for their watchful duty, train even on their off-days, walking on the mat for two hours straight to build up muscular endurance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But that isn\u2019t the only endurance required of the sentinels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of mental ability,\u201d Jay said. \u201cYou have to be locked in for a nine-minute guard change, but then also your 30-minute walk. So, what you\u2019re thinking about kind of varies between soldier to soldier.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Jay, May 15, 2025. (Mike Pesoli\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The sentinels spend half an hour walking the mat in the colder months and an hour during warmer months. They perform a dramatic changing of the guard at the grave site that visitors to the Washington area flock to see, marching 21 steps down the mat, turning and facing east for 21 seconds, then north for 21 seconds and then back down the mat for 21 more, repeating the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The number refers to the high military honor of the 21-gun salute, which can be heard booming throughout the cemetery and surrounding areas during military funerals on the grounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are currently three unidentified U.S. service members buried in the tomb: one from World War I, one from World War II and one from the Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Memorial Day approaching, the cemetery \u2014 which is run by the U.S. Army and has 3 to 4 million visitors annually \u2014 will hold a number of events to honor fallen service members. Just before Memorial Day weekend, the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment places American flags at the grave sites of more than 260,000 service members buried at the cemetery \u2014 an event known as \u201cFlags In.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, the public is invited to leave flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier for Flowers of Remembrance Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMemorial Day still retains the purpose that it had back in 1868 during that first official observance here in Arlington,\u201d said Allison Finkelstein, the senior historian of Arlington National Cemetery. \u201cIt is the day to remember and honor our war dead.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There have been 733 tomb guards since 1958. On average, seven to nine tomb guards work every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe honor of guarding them isn\u2019t just about the Three Unknowns, it\u2019s about everybody that lays here in the cemetery and what they gave in the pursuit of freedom,\u201d Jay said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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