Military Customs and Courtesies

are used in U.S. military service as the result of the Continental Army’s contact with European Soldiers and armies during the revolutionary period. After the American Revolution, many of the French and English bugle calls and drum beats were adopted by the U.S. Army. Bugle calls are musical signals which announce scheduled and nonscheduled events on Army military bases

What are the Five classes of bugle calls?

This is taken from the British “Alarm,” at which call the troops turned out under arms. ____________ is a parade bugle call letting Soldiers know that they are going to be called to the Position of ________.

indicates that the adjutant is about to form the guard, battalion, or regiment.

is the bugle call that signals to the troops as a warning that personnel will prepare to assemble for a formation. This bugle call lets Soldiers know to move to the designated formation area.

e is the bugle call played to signal the troops to awaken for morning roll call and coincides with the raising of the national Color.

the bugle call that signals mealtime.

is the ceremony that pays honors to the national flag when it is lowered in the evening

The old Cavalry call, “To the Standard,” in use from about 1835, was replaced by the present

is a popular bugle call that is played later in the evening prior to “Taps” and signals to Soldiers that all loud talking and other disturbances must be discontinued within 15 minutes.