Changing of the Guard Mishap - YouTube
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That could have been worse...
In the inevitable enquiry "He won't have a leg to stand on":)
Great and valuable service.......we are allowed to make one mistake when the pressures on!
He kept his cool, and cadence. God bless them.
Reminds of the time, one of my "troopers" tried to play bad *ss by throwing a M7 bayonet into a tree. The bayonet bounced off the tree an landed into his thigh about an inch and half. Yes they are sharp! Needless to say we did not issue any bayonets after that one.