The U.S. Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team performs at the Fitness and Sports Center here Oct. 9. The team is the traveling component of the Air Force Honor Guard and inspires Air Force awareness among military and civilian audiences through its complex drill routine. The team tours various Air Force bases, civilian events involving the Air Force and local communities and schools across the globe, as well as spends substantial time providing community performances to the thousands visiting the nations capital at various monuments in Washington D.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)

The Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team performs at the Fitness and Sports Center here Oct. 9. The performance featured a professionally choreographed sequence of show-stopping weapon maneuvers, precise tosses, complex weapon exchanges and a walk through the gauntlet of spinning weapons. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)

The Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team performs at the Fitness and Sports Center here Oct. 9. Drill Team members are selected from the current U.S. Air Force Honor Guard personnel. The Drill Team members represent the best of each of the individual ceremonial flights and are all members who have risen to the challenge and developed the discipline required to be a member of this elite perforce unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)

The Air Force Honor Guard drill team performs at the Fitness and Sports Center here Oct. 9. Throughout the year, the Drill Team works with the Air Force Recruiting Service to provide Air Force presence to hundreds of locations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)

The Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team performs at the Fitness and Sports Center here Oct. 9. To maintain continuity of drill proficiency, all Drill Team members serve a minimum of two-years when assinged to the Drill Team. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)

John Banks meets an Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team member at the Fitness and Sports Center here Oct. 9. The team is the traveling component of the Air Force Honor Guard and inspires Air Force awareness among military and civilian audiences through its complex drill routine. John is the son of Master Sgt. Jeramie Banks who is with the 437th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)

Staff Sgt. Adam Clonick meets with children at the Fitness and Sports Center here Oct. 9 after performing with the Air Force Honor Guard Drill Team. Team members met with those in the audience after performing to answer questions and sign autographs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Gieratz)