Trooping the Colour 2011 - part 3 of 3

Trooping the Colour 2011 - part 3 of 3

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[jwslider1]

...continued questions from part 2/3....(3) What is the difference between the silver three stripes and gold three stripes? (4) what is the significance of the NCO's holding the red guidons...these would be platoon or company "flags" in the US military. (5) The lone drummer was said to have served in Afghanisan in an intel unit. Do all musicians have a "secondary specialization? Thanks, Lt Col Slider, USMC (ret)

[MyDigitalRealm]

@jwslider1 I am not military trained so am unable to answer your question. Perhaps someone else with knowledge of such things will kindly offer advice.

[324wilson]

Thanks for posting the entire ceremony. Just beautiful. So damn proud of our soldiers...

LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!!!

[dday0606]

Yes; God bless the Queen - from across the pond! As an American, 53 years old, I have the deepest respect for your Queen, as I have seen photos and movies of her walking through the rubble of London literally as bombs fell. She is one incredibly brave and strong woman. I hate the disrespect she receives from fools who have no idea what she has been through, or the bravery she shown when it was needed most in WWII.

[JoeBarnes95]

@jwslider1 one is sargeant one is lance sargeant

[LewisFawley]

@cogidubnus1953 Achem, those are not SLRs, they are L85 A3 SA80s.

[cogidubnus1953]

@shechaiyah Look again...Because the SLRs are carried with the left arm, and the officers swords are carried in the right arm, it's very easy to be fooled by the disparity in arm movements...look at the legs rather than the arms...

[300598L]

@UdallIn72 You get used to it :)

[06innesw]

@jwslider1 Hi, the three silver stripes denote the rank of Lance Sergeant and the Gold is a full Sergeant. The Lance Sergeant is just for the Guards regiments now in the British Army. hope that helps :)

[fire5736]

@jwslider1 these musicians are half ceremonial soldiers and half infantrymen - that is, they spend half their time doing one or the other, and the NCOs holding the guidons are to signify when commands are called or when the company changes direction

[UdallIn72]

Those form maneuvers look unbelievably complicated.

[grooverheliboy]

@shechaiyah This is the ONLY TIME that the Colours are allowed to touch the grond as it is a salute to her Majesty..

[SaluteToQueen]

@jwslider1 Other musicians who belongs to the Corps of Army Music usually will not be deployed overseas, even so if they are deployed overseas they serve as the medical orderlies in field hospitals.

It is my pleasure to answer you, Colonel. Have a nice day with my best regards.

[SaluteToQueen]

@jwslider1 (5) Yes, all musicians have a "secondary specialisation". Corps of Drums/ Pipes and Drums members belong to their parent regiment but not the Corps of Army Music, i.e. all drummers/ pipers/ fifers are well-trained infantrymen. Drummers and fifers are usually riflemen or even pathfinders. Pipers are usually combat medics (corpsmen), mortarmen or even machine-gunners.