A video from the United States Marine Corps offers a glimpse at the specialized training of these men, and showcases what it\u2019s like to be part of the most elite unit in the military.\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t really know what we do or don\u2019t really know what it entails,\u201d says Lance Cpl. Jamen Miller in the video. \u201cAnd when they find out, they\u2019re taken back a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n
Miller is one of just 15 body bearers in the Marines whose job consists of bearing the casket of those who served. The specialized group of men train multiple times a day in order to perform flawlessly for each and every funeral they are apart of.<\/p>\n
In the year that Miller has been a body bearer, he has already laid to rest nearly 200 Marines.\u201cIt\u2019s our job to have flawless bearing and to perform our job at the max, at 100 percent for them,\u201d Miller explains. \u201cWe don\u2019t do it thinking about ourselves. It\u2019s all for the family and for that American hero.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A video from the United States Marine Corps offers a glimpse at the specialized training of these men, and showcases what it\u2019s like to be part of the most elite unit in the military.\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t really know what we do or don\u2019t really know what it entails,\u201d says Lance Cpl. Jamen Miller…<\/p>\n