Making history: Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has its first all-female guard

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As 7News continues to salute our military and veterans all month long, meet Sgt. 1st Class Chelsea Porterfield.

She is the first female to lead the tomb guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as Sergeant of the Guard. While there have been other female tomb guards, known as Sentinels, throughout history, Porterfield is the first female to hold this more senior position in the regiment.

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"Our goal is to make sure that we represent those unknowns and who they could be, and what their poetry could have been."
- Sergeant First Class Chelsea Porterfield, Sergeant of the Guard

kricklin
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Thank you for your service while doing this honorable job. Misleading title.

ikarooz
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Sergeant Heather Lynn Johnsen was the first woman to be a Sentinel Of The Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier

aarontactical
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And this is the first time someone somehow managed to steal the entire tomb.

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👏👏👏 get it girl! Working for that spot woohoo! 🥰👏

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