{"id":23641,"date":"2011-05-30T08:18:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T12:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=23641"},"modified":"2011-05-30T08:24:15","modified_gmt":"2011-05-30T12:24:15","slug":"the-saluting-marine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=23641","title":{"rendered":"The Saluting Marine"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s an active duty Marine who has become a celebrity of sorts at the annual Rolling Thunder Ride to the Wall in DC. He’s Staff Sergeant Tim Chambers, the Saluting Marine. Since 2002 SSG Chambers has planted himself in the middle of Constitution Avenue in DC and holds a salute as the hundreds of thousands of motorcycles and the veterans mounted atop pass him. He holds the salute for more than three hours.<\/p>\n

Tim stopped by TAH when I filmed Rolling Thunder in 2008<\/a>. I think that was the year that President Bush invited him to breakfast at the White House.<\/p>\n

This year, Rolling Thunder paid for his trip to DC from 29 Palms and his family’s trip from Oregon. The local news reports that he had broken his wrist during training, but still held his salute yesterday as the heat took it’s toll on him.<\/p>\n

The local Fox 5 News<\/a> did this report on SSG Chambers this morning;<\/p>\n

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Marine Honors Military at Rolling Thunder: MyFoxDC.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Phil Scott at Military.com<\/a> talked to him yesterday and asked him why he does it;<\/p>\n

As I walked away, it struck me that I hadn’t asked the most important question. I turned around and called him, “Sergeant Chambers, why the salute?” His response was effortless and profound, “It’s about the pain. A lot of these heroic guys still hurt and if I can relieve their pain for just one brief moment, then I’ve done my job.” <\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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