The hardships of military service (17 photos)

A few hours standing in the sun or in the rain waiting for VIP-persons - this is a serious stress. Endure it, not everyone can, even the slaughter numerous training soldiers of honor. And they fainted.





1. March 30, 2011: Honor Guard soldiers fainted in front of the Spanish Princess Letizia at the parade before the arrival of Prince Charles and Camilla at the Pardo Palace in Madrid. (REUTERS)

2. November 4, 2010: Honor Guard soldiers fainted before dinner for French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao at the Elysee Palace in Paris. (AFP / GETTY)



3. On 19 May 2010: one of the guards fainted during a rehearsal of the ceremony of Trooping the Colour in honor of the Queen's birthday on June 12 ... (HEATHCLIFF O'MALLEY)



4. ... the guard carried away on a stretcher. (HEATHCLIFF O'MALLEY)



5. January 27, 2010: Royal guard on the floor, fainting at a dinner for the members of the Danish Parliament and the European Union, to arrange a Danish queen in Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen. (ALBERT NIEBOER / PHOTOSHOT)



6 ... fallen into a swoon UPDF soldiers. (ALBERT NIEBOER / PHOTOSHOT)



7. February 1, 2010: Marine girl fainted at the opening ceremony of the annual military exercise "Cobra Gold 2010" At the airport, Thapar in Rayong province. (Afp / getty)



8. ... comrades to help her up. (REUTERS)



9. On 12 June 2004: medical assisting fallen into a swoon member of the honor guard during a rehearsal of the Trooping the Colour ceremony. (Rex Features)



10. May 13, 2004: soldier honor guard carry away. He fainted at a gala concert at the Royal Theatre in Copenhagen. (Julian Andrews / Rex Features)



11. June 17, 2000: Sentry fainted in the heat during the ceremony of Trooping the Colour parade. (REUTERS)



12. June 30, 1997: Guards infantry soldiers Governor General fainted at the ceremony of exchange banner in Ottawa, Canada. At a ceremony attended by Queen Elizabeth II. (AFP / GETTY)



13. June 1991: Representatives of women detachment of the royal army fainted during a visit by the Queen mother in their center in Guildford, Surrey. (Nils Jorgensen / Rex Features)



14. The soldier fainted at the opening of Parliament in 1979. (Rex Features)



15. June 1, 1963: doctors help the guard after fainting from the heat at the Trooping the Colour ceremony rehearsal in London. (GETTY)



16. June 13, 1957: Soldier faints at the Trooping the Colour ceremony. (GETTY)



17. July 6, 1949: Princess Elizabeth anxiously looking for a girl from the royal troops, had fallen into a swoon at the opening ceremony of the Royal Horticultural Society in Shrewsbury.