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A Clarification for Leaders, Instructors, and Ceremonial Teams Drill and Ceremonies (D&C) is often dismissed as “just tradition” or “just training.” That classification is incomplete. D&C is not operational warfighting doctrine. But it functions as institutional service doctrine—the body of standards that governs how a military service visibly represents authority, discipline, and national legitimacy. That distinction matters. What Doctrine Actually …
Each year, across the United States, rifle volleys echo on Memorial Day, presidential birthdays, and civic remembrance ceremonies. The sound is familiar. It is also, in most cases, not doctrinally authorized.
Honor guard units do have the same rules. They are made up of different ceremonial elements.
Forensic Experts Galore What you hear and what you see can be two different things. A firing party fires so quickly that it can be impossible to hear that a single shot fired by all seven team members is not at exactly the same split second. We hear perfection, but a photo or still from a video can show a …
Let us get this out of the way: a firing party does not fire the 21-gun Salute. The 21-Gun Salute is fired on land or at sea, and only by cannons, which are called guns. I know we call a rifle a gun, but it’s a rifle. The Firing Party fires the Three Volley Salute. Click here to read Fire Team, …
While a massive majority of readers understand exactly what I do, there a tiny few who feel that I need to be told how to do what I do. However, those few are very few and are disrespectful, arrogant, selfish, prideful, vulgar, and many times childish.
DrillMaster shares his view of keeping the professionalism in an honor guard unit
A first responder funeral is not the time to invent policy. When a law enforcement officer, firefighter, EMS provider, dispatcher, or agency chief dies, the department is already under emotional, operational, and public pressure.
DrillMaster explains all about the firing party at a funeral or memorial service.
A Firing Party fires a ceremonial Three-Volley salute using modern or traditional rifles (military), shotguns, or pistols (law enforcement). It is not the 21-Gun Salute, that is fired by guns (canons) and only in the Army and Navy. The Numbers: Anywhere from three to seven members firing with a commander. The smaller amount of members on the team does not …