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Deciphering information in the Army’s TC 3-21.5, Drill and Ceremonies (D&C) can take time and effort because not all passages are written as clearly as one might like. The use of the terms “colors” and “Color guard” are part of this. The Army isn’t alone in this, the other two D&C manuals are just as guilty!
There seems to be confusion on the announcements or commands to present and post the colors. Let’s iron that out.
The issue is that the service drill and ceremonies manuals do not specifically state that a color guard must be covered (wear their headgear: hats, helmets, or berets) all the time when presenting the colors. In this article, I go over the standards of being covered and when we can remove the cover.
This information affects all bases overseas for all services. A Little History For decades the conventional wisdom has been that when we are overseas, we are told that when we are on US soil (the base, an American cemetery, etc.), the US is on the right and as soon as you step onto foreign soil (outside the gate), you have …
Marine Corps ceremonial doctrine establishes a clear restriction for Joint Color Guards (JCGs): Joint Color Guards use only two basic turning movements to change the direction of march by 90 or 180 degrees: “Right (Left) Wheel, MARCH” and “Left About, MARCH.” Doctrinal Limitation on Joint Color Guard Movements This language is not descriptive—it is prescriptive.Therefore, any maneuver not listed is …
Both the flagstaff manual and the guidon staff manual are linked. In this study we will discover the similarities and where both manuals separate due to the flag attached to the staff. The guidon staff is the flagstaff and vice versa. The differences come in length and the type of flag attached. This is key to understanding the difference, the …
We often overlook the fundamental aspects and fail to implement D&C effectively in our training programs.
Those who disagree with this article series will scoff, dismiss, and immediately jump on the logical fallacy ship and probably won’t even know they are doing it. Here are some arguments against the modern warfighter performing D&C today.
The tangible and intangible benefits of drill and ceremonies (D&C) are numerous. I will use a couple of them to make my point about how we are generally failing to use drill and ceremonies for its intended purpose and thus unable to completely reap the benefits.
The primary objective of military drill is to efficiently move a group of individuals from one location to another. But there is much more.