Many of you noticed over the last few weeks that police officers are stopping traffic on Porter Street twice a day when we raise and lower the Nation’s colors. Every day at 6:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. the ...

A tradition is carried in the wind each morning and those lucky enough to live or work in North Everett can hear it. Every day at 8 a.m., or 0800 military time, “reveille” trumpets from the ...

Lexington’s Maria Cue has lived a stone’s throw from Hanscom Air Force Base, a military installation where more than 10,000 people live and work, for decades. That means the regular hum of planes ...

FORT CAMPBELL, Tenn. (WKRN) — It’s 6:30 in the morning at Fort Campbell. The Reveille bugle call begins. The color guard is in position and presenting honors to the flag. Soldiers, across the post, ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Jan. 13 2016) -- Bugle calls have been an important tradition to the U.S. Army since its inception, dating back to pre-Revolutionary War times. Installations around the world use ...

FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo. — The bugle possesses a rich military history older than the United States of America. Before radios, satellites and the internet, bugles have been an instrument of military ...

My father-in-law, Richard J. Maher, recently passed away at the enviable age of 97. He was an enlisted radio operator for the Navy during World War II, serving his time in Puerto Rico. Upon going ...

It woke them up and put them to bed. In between, it called them to assembly, to morning drills and to the mess hall. Years ago, the toot-toot-toot-a-toot of the bugle was as familiar on military bases ...

When the command at Fort Belvoir decided to install a new system to warn the base of urgent situations, it went all out, buying what's known as the "Giant Voice": 18 speakers that can blast at 90 ...

About an hour before the reveille bugle sounded at 7 a.m. at Travis Air Force Base Wednesday morning, a group of about 30 Americans were standing outside the gates, greeting the sunrise and ready for ...