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US Military Service Drill and Ceremonies Manuals
These are the manuals you need to know front-to-back, back-to-front, inside and out. While some may think this information boring, as someone affiliated with a marching program (cadet, military member, first responder, etc.), these manuals are the foundation of what you do and it is a MUST that you read your service’s specific manual(s) and that you do not ever rely on what someone else says is the way to do something. Knowledge is power: read, read, read.
- TC 3-21-5, US Army Drill and Ceremonies Manual
- FM 22-5, US Army Drill and Ceremonies Manual from 1943!
- MCOP 5060.2 W/Change 1-1; MCOP 5060.2 W/Change 1-2; MCOP 5060.2 W/Change 1-3; MCOP 5060.2 W/Change 1-4, USMC, USN, USCG and Merchant Mariners Drill and Ceremonies Manual
- AFMAN 36-2203, USAF Drill and Ceremonies Manual
Good-to-Know Info
- AFPAM 34-1202, Protocol
- AP 600-60, Army Protocol and Etiquette
- AR 600-25, Salutes, Honors and Visits of Courtesy
- AR 840-10, Flags, Guidons and Streamers
- NTP13b, Flags, Pennants and Customs
- AFTO 00-25-154 AFD-091005-041 Maintenance & Storage of US, AF Flags, Guidons & Streamers
- MCO P10520.3B, Flag Manual
- FM 23-5, M1 Garand
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