Enclosure 2 Chapter 6 Flashcards
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What do ceremonies for the presentation of decorations and individual retirements include?
(1) The presentation of United States decorations.
(2) The decoration of organizational colors.
(3) The presentation of foreign decorations.
(4) The re-dedication of a unit’s battle colors.
(5) The retirement of an individual or a group of any rank.
Is the color guard trooped in a ceremony with decorations and individual retirements?
The color guard is not trooped, but marches on with the formation since the colors are brought forward for the ceremony.
How are the service members arranged in seniority when presented to the reviewing officer?
right to left
When the medal is presented to the awardee, what happens?
The reviewing officer and recipient shake hands and immediately afterwards, the recipient salutes
What are retiree’s presented?
a national flag
What will the narrator state once the award(s) presentation is complete?
Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated
Where do the award recipients go once they have received their awards?
They March to their position in the reviewing area, and form a line at a normal interval, to the left of the reviewing officer.
What do the award recipients and reviewing officer do on the first note of the national anthem?
Hand salute
When do the award recipients receive their awards, before of after the national anthem.
After
Where are the award recipients and colors halted in a ceremony?
8-10 paces in front of and centered on the reviewing officer.
What command does the command of troop use to to bring award recipients forward? A. Center B. Forward March C. Sound Attention D. Sound Adjutant's Calls
Forward March
On center from the command "Marine, officer, or personnel to be Decorated and All Colors, Center, March", what movement is executed by the award recipients and staff? A. Right Face B. Left Face C. About Face D. None
A. Right Face
What does the command staff do on march from “Marine, officer, or personnel to be Decorated and All Colors, Center, March”?
the staff steps off and moves forward 8-10 paces and executes a left face without command. The move out of the way of the recipients.
Once the award recipients and colors are brought forward, what does the command staff do?
The perform a left face and march behind the award recipients and colors.
What type of interval will the retirees be at when formed up? A. Normal B. Close C. Extended D. Double Extended
C. Extended
Where do spouses stand in relation to to the retirees? A. Left B. Right C. Behind D. In Front
A. Left
Where does the award attach the medal on the recepient>
over the left breast pocked
Does the crowd stand or sit for the reading of the extracts from the retirement orders?
Sit
When do additional letters from the president and the commandant of the marine corps are read, before or after the spouses are recognized?
before
Once spouses are recognized, what happens?
Marines assigned as escorts will escort the spouses back to their seat.
Where do the retirees go after they have been recognized?
A. to their position with the troops
B. away from the ceremony
C. with the Command Staff
D. to their position in the reviewing area, and form a line at normal interval, left of the reviewing officer.
D. to their position in the reviewing area, and form a line at normal interval, left of the reviewing officer.
What makes a battle colors ceremony different from decorating colors ceremony?
A battle colors ceremony re-dedicates a unit’s organization color.
This is done when celebrating a unit’s anniversary or when commemorating a specific battle in which the unit participated
What happens prior to the start of a battle colors ceremony?
the individual units honors are removed from the organizational colors streamer set
Where are the colors in a battle colors ceremony halted?
5-10 paces in front of and centered on the reviewing officer.
