Talk:Reveille

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Hey everyone, do you think we should have a reveille ambiguous page?

Where did the tune come from? Why was "Reveille" chosen for its title? Did the "Reveille" tune replace an earlier tune to start the army's morning?

Wikipedia was my final resort for this research, and offered me no enlightenment. sigh

20:15, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Flag raising

This article states that the flag is raised during Reveille on US bases. As far as I know, though I am not an expert on the Army or Air Force, that's untrue. The flag is raised later, during Colors. I'll wait a few days before fixing it, in case anyone has objections. Kafziel 18:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

If memory serves, you're correct. First comes Reveille or Retreat, then the cannon, then To the Color while the flag goes up or down. Outdoors within earshot, individuals not in formation are supposed to face the music on their own and come to parade rest before the gun, present arms or salute after, while To the Color is sounding. _ Just plain Bill 22:11, 24 April 2006 (UTC)

Usually Reveille is sounded at 0530 Monday-Saturday, and at 0600 on Sunday, as Sunday is traditionally not a training day in any of the schools in the Armed Forces in the U.S.

Typically, Reveille is not sounded on installations where the U.S. does not own the base, as a gesture to the host nation, especially if host nation forces are also stationed on the base.

The usual timeline for morning is this: 0530 or 0600 - Reveille sounds. 0758 - 2 Minute warning to colors is sounded. 0800 - Attention is sounded. At this time, units are brought to a halt, and the unit commander turns to face the music and salutes. Individuals stop, come to the position of attention, and salute the music. All hold the salute for the duration of the music. Depending on the installation, the music will either be To the Colors, or The Star Spangled Banner, depending on the day. Usually, the Star Spangled Banner is played on Fridays, with To the Colors played on other days. Upon completion of To the Colors, the call for carry on will be sounded, and you are released to carry on with what you were doing before Colors.

To whomever wrote the above, this might be true at certain installations, but the order and time is not determined by a "usual way", it is done at the discretion of base/post/camp/etc. commanders. In addition, I have heard Reveille played at bases on foreign soil too, so your assertion is not true. If you disagree, please cite a source of some kind. Also, please sign your posts. — BQZip01 — ^talk 17:40, 5 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Small issue in the music

In the music presented here, for some reason there are ties where there should be slurs. Such as the two sixteenth notes in measure 1. I would fix it if I knew how. Someone who can, please fix this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by JPadron (talk JPadron 13:33, 24 February 2007 (UTC)