Setting the Trident at the head of the casket, Van Hooser raised his arm, clenched his fist, and brought it down with a thud—driving the pin into wood. One by one, every SEAL present removed his Trident and rendered the same honor to his fallen teammate. The only sound was the Thud! Thud! Thud! as more than fifty Tridents were pounded in.
Eric Blehm