Staff Sgt. Alonzo Clark, 319th Air Base Wing Honor Guard program manager, grips a folded flag of the United States of America to his chest June 5, 2019, on Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota. Clark manages the small, eight-person team of airmen on base, which has regional responsibility of 153,000 square-miles, to include North Dakota, Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. Becoming a guardsman is an earned position of honor and duty, reserved only for members who strive to preserve the U.S. Air Force heritage. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Senior Airman Elora J. Martinez)