He added he was surprised he had been given a firearm to go on guard duty.
While he was on guard duty in a watchtower that morning, insurgents attacked with rocket-propelled grenades.
The soldier was quoted as saying that he killed his platoon and squad commanders while on guard duty.
He criticised many of the practices at Deepcut during the period covering the four deaths, including that of allowing young recruits to do armed guard duty unsupervised.
Cherchez la femme: in 1962, James Joseph Dresnok, an American soldier stationed on the South Korea side of the demilitarized zone, snuck away from guard duty to visit a woman.
At 03:00 BST on 8 April, Donovan passed a sobriety test, which involved an officer smelling his breath, when he woke up for his guard duty, despite having been drinking before his shift.
Still his father said nothing, his eyes fixed on the view like a soldier on guard duty, determined not to miss the signal flare sent up by a savage tribe on a distant hill.
And for many commuters making the journey to work during this morning's rush hour, seeing the National Guard on duty certainly seems to be boosting confidence.
His personal archive of documents will be packed up and, at 20:00 (19:00 GMT) on Thursday, the Swiss Guard on duty at his Castel Gandolfo residence will be dismissed, to be replaced by Vatican police.
The Coast Guard and National Guard were on duty helping to rescue stranded people and maintain shelters for those who had evacuated their homes.
Unless more foreign soldiers are somehow mustered, the Pentagon is likely soon to call up thousands more army reservists and National Guard troops for duty in Iraq, to help relieve soldiers currently stationed there.
Hundreds of National Guard troops remained on duty in Boston on Wednesday, backing up police.
The home guard are back on duty at the town's Garrison chapel, where there are plans to establish a military heritage centre.
Whether they are active duty, Guard or Reserve, they are entitled, as well, to expect the best pay and benefits our country can afford, including a modern GI Bill with educational assistance that will help us recruit and keep our nation's finest in uniform.
Farther to the north, soldiers from the Indiana National Guard are also caught between duty and family.
More than 7, 000 National Guard troops were on emergency duty in Louisiana, with more than 2, 000 of them in New Orleans alone, said Capt.
In Louisiana, where Hurricane Katrina struck three years ago, about 3, 000 National Guard members began reporting for duty Thursday, and the state put another 2, 000 on alert and has issued requests for assistance from other states if needed, Gov. Bobby Jindal said.
If just the lesser number left the military, our active-duty, reserve and National Guard forces would lose 228, 600 people -- more than the total of today's active-duty Marine Corps.
Mark had been working off-duty as a security guard for a downtown Greyhound Bus station connected to a Burger King.
Some 6, 000 Massachusetts National Guard members were put on storm duty as residents across the region stocked up on essential supplies.
Spokesmen for both Mr Bush and his father, former President Bush, deny that the governor received any preferential treatment, and Mr Bush has long insisted that it was his desire to be a fighter pilot which led him to apply to the National Guard instead of opting for infantry duty in Vietnam.
State police extended shifts and National Guard called up 100 troops for snow duty.
Some 51, 000 troops -- 38, 000 National Guard forces and 13, 000 active duty forces -- have been deployed in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama.
Despite the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Pentagon says both the active-duty Army and the National Guard are exceeding their recruiting goals.
Without troops from elsewhere, it will either have to reduce numbers, activate more National Guard units or stretch out tours of duty beyond one year.
You know, it's interesting, when I was in a rope line just the other day, coming out here from Wisconsin, a couple of young returnees were in the line one active duty, one from the Guard.
Moreover, in the event of a significant internal disturbance say a protracted Kent State-style melee or urban riots active duty, reserve or National Guard units may have to shoot crowds of American citizens rather than disperse them.
Gov. Bob McDonnell declared a state of emergency, state police extended shifts and National Guard called up 100 troops for snow duty as inches of wet, heavy snow fell across parts of the state -- knocking out power to nearly 180, 000 people.
The total for 2011 was 283 -- 165 confirmed active-duty suicides and 118 confirmed not-on-active-duty suicides (82 Army National Guard and 36 Army Reserve).
In February, senior military officials said 17 troops -- including a battalion commander, a company commander and 12 military police assigned to guard prisoners -- had been relieved of duty until an investigation could be completed.
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