As a veteran, the lack of salutes and especially seeing the NGs turning their back on Joe - stand out to me.
But I don't want to put any stock in this yet. Concerned about my own confirmation bias.
I have not seen a salute exchanged. Have any of you?
Thanks. No it didn't jump there for me.
pretty awkward salute though. (after Joe turns away...)
I'll say it still doesn't mean much. The bulk of the body language I can see from the military is ice cold.
Yeah. Weird body language. The sergeant waited to the very last minute to give one. Either that or he was expecting Joe to turn to him before entering the car. Extremely awkward.
At the wreath ceremony, I saw Old Guard troops with their caps sitting on the ground next to them- the Tomb Guard-that spoke volumes to me...
yeah I saw the clip that showed hats on the ground at the parade. Hats on the ground seems strange to me but I don't know what it means.
I thought maybe a gust of wind got the parade hats. What does that mean about the Old Guard?
Think of the grueling training to maintain the correct kind and number of paces they MUST do in all kinds of weather-perfect uniforms, perfect character maintained for the rest of their lives-the wreath pin is sacred to the Tomb Guards. This is a serious break in protocol-their being there capless in front of commanders and generals means it is condoned.. See videos of how the the officer on parade deals with noisy tourists by comparison.