The stuff that Derek Johnson talks about in that video is interesting. That the 3rd infantry would go along with sending off a President with a salute appropriate for an inauguration, and leave the incoming president with a funeral salute... if there wasn't a very good reason for these subtleties, in my opinion, it would be reckless on the part of the COC to let that sort of optics go through. I feel like the CO, and maybe the even the whole division could probably get punished for something like that; especially with this occurring after j6. Ceremonial units are supposed to be super-sat, they don't just overlook stuff and make obvious mistakes.
and then for the wreath ceremony at Arlington, Derek points out the cover-less marine right out in the open- I suppose the wind or something could have blown his cover away? But even then, I think someone outside of the formation would grab it for him or whoever was in charge of the formation would tell him to fall out and grab it before the president showed up and cameras started rolling or at least move him to the back of the formation... I don't know many Marines, but I do feel like the "let's have the unsat guy front and center" bit seems slightly off. What stood out to me, is that the wreath was hanging before Biden even got there. That was awkward, and to me, there is messaging in that too.
But, it seems to me like he is attributing covid-lockdowns to a whitehat operation; and that seems really counter-intuitive. People fought hard to get out of covid-tyranny, so... If that was just a "dry run" I hope they are expecting even fewer people to be passive and compliant the next time around, because nobody is going to just put up with that again.