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![Soldiers from the North Carolina Army National Guard patrol the Rosslyn Metro station on the morning of the inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, in Arlington, Va.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/jHkPfZ_AmgBMIkuiO6YG9AiRh5A=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/JU7PZ6UO25E4RAB4UFSYVBMAF4.jpg)
![Members of the National Guard stand at a road block near the Supreme Court ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/wmFCE4xpGRrkDf1TcFwMwdupZgg=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/DCS3QG3ZYBH6PHKZYTJLOTOFUQ.jpg)
![Left to right: Doug Emhoff, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, incoming first lady Jill Biden, President-elect Joe Biden, Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar arrive for the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president on Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/GHMsNqw7kQu0cLEVwumPbRpsvEM=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/6MCDKQSMYNBRJIYWUXG6IA7WGM.jpg)
![President-elect Joe Biden and Dr. Jill Biden arrive to Biden's inauguration on the West Front of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/C0pi0qxPPhd6y-hz_kPD4WsHWaQ=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/X5LHA7NNZ5DV3B6LW4GWA67UPI.jpg)
![Former President George W. Bush and Laura Bush arrive before President-elect Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president on Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/JrmgjDnJ2pJfgALKrw2fSMD9GVs=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/3742LWYZ7FCQ3CWEYVWOSE2YZI.jpg)
![Former President Bill Clinton arrives with former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/TK525yjN8B7vtNmE3vSOQLm1BzA=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/OFMOSQAPRNBZPE2HFI32MWS5C4.jpg)
![Former President Barack Obama, left, bumps fists with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris as they arrive for the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/iTFHLU32MStY0Va6y8qodQVYIes=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/5QZLSUPO4ZBQRIBPYYQDYOVXZU.jpg)
![Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/DDUmLlW05wqObdXhr8s0a4FcfGI=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/5HVUXC2B3FDQ3JVFRQD6XFWV3M.jpg)
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![President-elect Joe Biden, his wife Jill Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff arrive at the steps of the U.S. Capitol for the start of the official inauguration ceremonies, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/bgsy9cmDqS36HTOHMvj-1F94uZk=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/ORIVIWIG4RDWXLOVTFN2TUWPXA.jpg)
![Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley arrives for the inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president on Jan. 20, 2021, at the Capitol in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/TQd4Tpni9vmZ0DtLiexMwz_cN9w=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/L7FJQNE3GFCSDCKOXSH62YIBKU.jpg)
![Members of the National Guard salute as they stand near the U.S. Capitol while the national anthem is sung during the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/Dg8cz9jDjhw4xyyPIPbOKP5K268=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/LZKHW5SFVVHO3N5MKITM4YRJYE.jpg)
![Members of the National Guard salute as they stand near the Capitol while the national anthem is sung during the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/kkwJxy_82hGuw3f1dyuEDGTZRqM=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/KH7OAVKWYZCYRACKXCSIYLMY4E.jpg)
![Members of the National Guard stand on the National Mall near the U.S. Capitol before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/6LRing1hlSzgfvkvcmYUk1Uhi4w=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/MX7BHPRLGFGHNGLUYNMUUHGFB4.jpg)
![National Guard troops look on during the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on the West Front of the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/DGbnN1fEUdBxImaKD7OIf8Z56b0=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/6WY2NCAN6NH77MSDKSGMZDTRLY.jpg)
![President Joe Biden, first lady Dr. Jill Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Harris, attend a Pass-in-Review ceremony, hosted by the Joint Task Force-National Capital Region on the East Front of the U.S. Capitol after the 59th Presidential Inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021 in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/9jRvzwV9W6SQtFVqFonHJssLO6M=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/ZFRBPL7YDJELFGE3BNUZNZHLXU.jpg)
![Outgoing President Donald Trump addresses guests at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Jan. 20, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/uRwVliOssUjM9Y7umbyakswEutI=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/HFQBT5PH55EFTBLF335JADRNSM.jpg)
![President Donald Trump gestures as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. Trump is en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/ueHlf3jW3FXfNp6oUNwZ2R4fBAY=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/5I3AF7OEQJHGDELABN2IWVLQ5A.jpg)
![Outgoing President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump descend Marine One as they arrive at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Jan. 20, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/9935Y-n4Ur2yMBZWrPsFb_MRAxA=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/KAZTHDS75FFL7B54P43HC3HIMA.jpg)
![Outgoing President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump step out of Marine One at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Jan. 20, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/nNJZLLCSXXsMTuadnb362G8XcBI=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/VFCASIQC3NH7VI64RINQP5VCUM.jpg)
![From left to right: first lady Dr. Jill Biden, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Doug Emhoffl, Harris' husband, watch a military pass-in-review during the inauguration on the West Front of the Capitol on January 20, 2021 in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/cKdh7FVEkalwWPQ1oJahy3TRg0A=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/LZROSF4JVRDR3DYG5KUA452TLU.jpg)
![President Joe Biden, center, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Maj. Gen. Omar J. Jones salute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arlington National Cemetery on Jan. 20, 2021, in Arlington, Va.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/a-LlRm1WZ0cmDVlnrE3OvaJihq4=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/BKP7LQJQIVFB7IQ5RSCVS6GMF4.jpg)
![President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris attend a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the 59th Presidential Inauguration ceremony at the Capitol Jan. 20, 2021, in Arlington, Va.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/XcYk6RqXowULolUlKmRBrsZUT1E=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/4BT45J52HBFTJLP7PKU3ZVVS64.jpg)
![Members of the military march on 15th Street towards the White House during a presidential escort to the White House following President Joe Biden taking the oath of office in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/T573H_pIXU0BRdb9uRyDy0-FffM=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/2AXEDKIVKNBHDBB2OA4ZVFPLX4.jpg)
![President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden walk up Pennsylvania Avenue towards the White House in Washington after Biden and Kamala Harris were sworn in at the Capitol on Jan. 20, 202.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/vi3jLT85ZnPEWW_0JqL14iZ3Vys=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/ZZAQWNHUHNE7BGPANYFBFT5734.jpg)
![Military bands parade past President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris as they prepare to depart the Capitol following their taking the Oath of Office as the 46th president and 49th vice president of the United States in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/wD2z2KYGYSj15b8QyiJ_zAyP57Q=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/KR765QULARCP3CC6PEKGP5VUZU.jpg)
![An honor guard deploys to line up along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington on Jan. 20, 2021.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/415_ol4gdQsKL-4bWKZYH0Ttqik=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/ESNCCMFEJ5D4ZDFVQEPE6RBNWA.jpg)
![A military band parades on the street near the White House after President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn in at the Capitol on Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/-FZddVj9McmcRbTkXK00huvnoYw=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/JUOBVQRLS5C5VO3KYESP5HMSIM.jpg)
![President-elect Joe Biden bumps fists with former President Barack Obama during Biden's inauguration, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/gCxRE2aLlU0xuka2nUaxtzMEwWY=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/VHNC5QQGYRBOREAZWYFBD5DCJQ.jpg)
![President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden wave as they arrive at the North Portico of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/N86f69zAYx0S1fD2Xw4XU-h3Sjo=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/IPOMC3IZXVFKZEE2K4TOGVHQGE.jpg)
![oe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Jill Biden holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, as their children Ashley and Hunter watch.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/csD3ZTrJ2ABm9HcXGrE_bU9Ewhw=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/PPS4NCRSIJETTGPWPLIXIOHWBQ.jpg)
![President Joe Biden waits to sign his first executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington.](https://www.militarytimes.com/resizer/1PUSbvAs-u_285ZjU-IbyUrHt6Y=/800x0/filters:format(jpg):quality(70)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/archetype/IGEP4TGHQZHDBBJ7KOH44HEGOE.jpg)
A National Guard stands at a road block near the Supreme Court ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (Gerald Herbert/AP)
A National Guard stands at a road block near the Supreme Court ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (Gerald Herbert/AP)