1700 Local. Retreat.

Across every American military post at 1700hrs., local time, our national flag is lowered during a ceremony with bugles sounding "Retreat" (in the morning its raised during Reveille). Just a part of our military customs and traditions.

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[loveGG]

In response to the discription of this video. The colors are not raised at Reveille. Reveille is at 0500 in the morning and morning colors does not happen until 0800. While watching this video I did not know they played "To the Colors" while lowering the flag. I knew they played it while raising the flag during morning colors but I thought they lowered the flag while retreat was playing.

[1LTPETE]

With respect, every day for a year (2007), starting at 0600, at Camp Red Cloud, Korea, headquarters of the 2nd Infantry Division, REVEILLE was played immediately after the firing of a canon. The entire division staff was assembled prior. When the canon was fired & reveille started playing, the entire formation was brought to a position of attention and present arms. When reveille stopped, we dropped our salute. When the canon sounded and reveille played, the colors were raised simultaneously.

[nydevils]

Ok, so what's protocol for this? You snap to attention then after the shot, you salute as flag as being lowered correct? when do you drop salute? Also. EVERYONE is expected to stop and those not in uniform in view of the flag are supposed to put hand over heart, yes?

[1LTPETE]

When the music FIRST begins military personnel turn to the direction of the music, even if you can't see the flag, and go to parade rest (or just rest). After the canon shot, and the music begins again, military personnel snap to a position of attention and render a salute. Once the music ends, military personnel drop salute and carry on w/business. Regarding civilians, hand over heart. If you're military in uniform you can still salute, and if you're retired military you can salute as well.

[rstar2008]

Camp Red Cloud, South Korea SUCKS!!!!!

[1LTPETE]

It's really not that bad.

[rmorecook]

@1LTPETE Roger that! Kids and wives and everyone stops at the first note of Retreat, hand over heart for To the Colors [or position of attention]. MP's stop kids who goof off during the ceremony. No one wants his dad to get a phone call about a mis behaved kid then.

[rmorecook]

@loveGG You may have been in the Navy or Marines.  They play To the Colors in the morning. Army and AF play it while lowering the colors [Preceded by Retreat]

[Ajaruldoss]

On navy posts the colors go up at 0800 hours and go down at 1800 hours

[infamousraiderh]

@loveGG yeah.. Colors go up to Reveille at 06 on Army posts.. and then they play retrat before to the colors and the flag is lowered on to the colors

[MrDanmeyers]

Fantastic....Ft Indiantown Gap has now fallen into compliance. Use bigger GUNS. PLEASE.

[pavelow235]

Thanks for posting brings me back.

[mcmillanndu]

@loveGGThere is a difference between Army/Air Force and Navy/Marine Corps customs. In the USA/USAF, the flag is hoisted while reveille is sounded. It is lowered at retreat (1700). The bugle call "Retreat" is sounded, the gun is fired, and the flag is lowered while "To the Color" is sounded. In the sea services, the flag is hoisted at morning colors at 0800 while the bugle sounds "To the Color," and lowered at sunset (evening colors) while the bugle sounds "Retreat."

[UrMomsBassist]

hmm... must be a hooah thing... in the marine corps, coloras are raised at 0800, and they are lowered at sunset! we never play retreat.... again... must be a hooah thing...

[snoopy54789]

@loveGG Only at U.S. Army posts are the colors raised at Reveille. Navy, Marine, Air Force and Coast Guard Posts Raise it at 8 AM.

[rmorecook]

army and navy do flag ceremony slightly differently. Army raises the flag with reveille.