From a Chaplain who had served in Iraq

[xoxoxoBruce]

Originally Posted by NoBoxes

No; but, I might start singing as those Marines did and with my voice I need all the auditorium practice I can get!

Yours was a false analogy. The national anthem was expected to be played again after the first time it stopped.

That's an interesting statement. Expected to be played again, rather than pick up where it left off? Because if interrupted it doesn't count? Or the military way is to start over as many times as necessary to get it right?

Maybe they started singing because they knew they were going to be standing at attention until it was finished, and since the person playing the recording screwed up, twice, they would take matters into there own hands, to git r done.

The fact that they all joined in, if not together, very quickly, shows a like mind set, or at least the ability react to the unexpected in unison. However, saying they did it out of respect for the brave men and women that fought and died before them, might be stretching it a bit.