American First Responder Joint Service Order

DrillMasterColor Guard/Color Team, Honor Guard, Honor Guard Training 6 Comments

Is this a “thing”? I think so. My reasoning for the research and writing this article is to provide information that may be necessary for certain situations for American First Responders. For the US military, we have our joint service order or military order of precedence:  Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, Space Force, and Coast Guard. The order is based …

Joint Service Order of the Colors

DrillMasterHonor Guard, Instructional 21 Comments

The regulation that directs this order of precedence was Department of Defense Directive 1005.8, Order of Precedence of Members of Armed Forces of the United States When in Formations (31 October 1977) and now that information is contained in each service drill and ceremonies or protocol manual. The more interesting part of the story is the history behind why that …