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Army sentinel reprimanded Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and his companions at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier on Veterans Day, telling them to maintain silence and respect. BBC US & Canada reported that a video of the observance shows Hegseth, his wife and senior advisers laughing, talking and posing for photos in front of the tomb, after which the guard stepped toward the group and called out an order to keep silence and respect at all times. BBC said the group appeared to break the cemetery's etiquette rules, which call for quiet speech and no disorderly conduct. The tomb holds an unknown soldier killed in World War I, and a member of the 3rd Infantry Regiment has stood watch over it around the clock since 1948. PBS NewsHour also reported the episode in its news wrap. Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell said in a statement that a soldier had correctly and respectfully reminded everyone to maintain decorum, and that the department has always honored the sacrifices of the military. The reprimand came after President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and other officials attended the annual wreath-laying ceremony, where Trump praised Hegseth as doing a "fantastic job" and claimed victory in the Iran war. BBC noted that an effort to impeach Hegseth over accusations that he waged war on Iran without congressional authorization failed on Capitol Hill earlier that week, and that Hegseth has called the impeachment efforts a farce and a stunt.