This article is about the military colour guard. For information about the flag, rifle, and sabre auxiliary units associated with high school and university marching bands and drum and bugle corps, see Color guard (flag spinning). For the American rock band, see The Color Guard.
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A colour guard detachment during the opening ceremony for the North Atlantic Council and Military Committee SEA Day Exercise.
In military organizations, a colour guard (or color guard) is a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colours and the national flag. This duty is highly prestigious, and the military colour is generally carried by a young officer (ensign), while experienced non-commissioned officers (colour sergeants) are assigned to the protection of the national flag. These non-commissioned officers, accompanied in several countries by warrant officers, can be ceremonially armed with either sabres or rifles to protect the colour. Colour guards are generally dismounted, but there are also mounted colour guard formations as well.
In military organizations, a colourguard (or color guard) is a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colours and the national...
Trooping the Colour is a ceremonial event performed every year on Horse Guards Parade in London, United Kingdom, by regiments of Household Division, to...
A guard of honour (Commonwealth English), honor guard (American English) or ceremonial guard, is a group of people, typically drawn from the military,...
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referred to as "guard" Border guard, a state security agency Coast guard, responsible for coastal defence and offshore rescue Colourguard, a detachment...
coat of arms of the country. Colourguards at the time were introduced to escort the colour, and to make sure that the colour never was damaged. Today, colours...
colour sergeant has only existed in the Corps of Staff Cadets at the Royal Military College, Duntroon. Colour sergeant is a rank in the Foot Guards regiments...
Naval Polytechnical Academy Academy Superintendent and staff ColourGuard Massed colourguard of the Navy (optional) 1st to 6th Battalions, Regiment of Cadets...
Corps is a drum corps based in Basel, Switzerland. With 25 drummers and colourguard section, the corps became famous for its demanding six-minute routine...
the colourguard of the 154th PICR and its 1st Honor Guard Company, during jubilee parades, the colourguard is followed by a company of colour bearers...
Guard mounting, changing the guard, or the changing of the guard, is a formal ceremony in which sentries performing ceremonial guard duties at important...
the colourguard of the 154th PICR and its 1st Honor Guard Company, during jubilee parades, the colourguard is followed by a company of colour bearers...
colourguard or massed colourguards either to get into position or prepare for departure in the parade square or ground during the ceremony Colour party...
colours are always carried in parade by a junior officer, escorted by a colourguard. The standard model of the colours – also adopted in 1911 – is a rectangular...
past the grandstand with his motorized escort, followed by a motorized colourguard. Veterans contingents in vehicles from the Armed Forces, all police forces...
functions include the State Opening of Parliament, Trooping the Colour, and mounting the King's Guard. In the United Kingdom, the Household Division consists...
Netherlands Army the klewang is still used as a ceremonial weapon by the colourguard of the Regiment van Heutsz which took over the traditions of the Royal...
ceremonies of Trooping the Colour, which commemorates the monarch's official birthday, and the Beating Retreat. Horse Guards Parade was formerly the site...
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