The American Military Bugler Handbook

By John Marshall

There is such a lack of understanding and education regarding military and first responder buglers and several myths as well. This handbook is designed to give the bugler, live or electronic, an understanding of the requirements associated with sounding Taps for military funerals.

Written by John Marshall, the DrillMaster in association with Jari Villanueva, Taps Bugler, you have a complete resource in your hands that can answer any question you may have. This is the bugler's resource.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Lulu.com
• Release date: May 5, 2022
• ISBN: 9781458306623

John Marshall

Having moved to Switzerland, and qualified as a historian (Masters, Northumbria University, 2016), the author came across the story of the Savoyards in England and engaged in this important history research project. He founded an association to develop Anglo Swiss relations regarding this story, in liaison with Cadw, Château de Grandson, Yverdon and others.

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The Bugler

A bugler can be a trained musician or an honor guard member who is assigned to the electronic bugle. With Congress mandating that every veteran receive Military Funeral Honors (MFH) in the Defense Authorization Act (DAA) of 2000, the demand for ceremonies requiring buglers shot through the roof.

While many live buglers attend funerals as they can, an honor guard member holding the electronic bugle to simulate sounding Taps is a necessary substitute many times. The electronic bugle also helps law enforcement honor guards around the country as well.

Bugler Myths

Myth 1: Bugle calls are played. Actually, bugle calls are sounded.

Myth 2: The bugler can sound other calls at a funeral. Military buglers cannot play any other music other than Taps at a funeral or memorial service. As for civilian volunteers and first responders who sound Taps, protocol dictates that