Virginia Guard Soldiers assist with Inauguration Parade checkpoints

WASHINGTON, D.C.— As spectators attending the Inauguration Parade enter security checkpoints on Pennsylvania Avenue, the first people they see are Soldiers from the Virginia National Guard. Soldiers from the Lynchburg-based 1st Battalion, 116th Brigade Combat Team are assisting the Secret Service with the operation of security checkpoints by beginning the initial screening process and helping keep count of people as they enter the parade route area.

After waking hours before sunrise, the Soldiers were in place by 5:30 a.m. Jan. 20 in preparation for the gates opening at approximately 8 a.m. Some parade attendees had arrived as early as 2 a.m. in freezing temperatures to be first in line at the checkpoint.

I am very pleased to have the Virginia National Guard here, said Bill Chamberlin, the Secret Service agent serving as the supervisor for the checkpoint being staffed by the Virginia Guard. The are very professional, and I love having uniformed personnel here working with us. The public responds to the presence of military uniformed personnel in a very positive way, so their presence alone is a great benefit to us.

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