How Military Spouses Should React During Bugle Calls The military day was marked by bugle calls since the beginning, and they are still used today. (U.S. Air Force/Samuel King Jr.) ...

The call was written by the French as early as 1809 and was Napoleon’s favorite bugle call, according to Jari Villanueva, Taps historian and retired trumpeter for the U.S. Air Force Band.

FORT BUCHANAN, Puerto Rico -- When I arrived to Fort Buchanan in April 2008, one of my first initiatives was to re-establish the long-standing tradition of military bugle calls to announce certain ...

Union Army Brig. Gen. Daniel Butterfield, who is credited with revising the bugle call that we know as 'taps,' earned the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Gaines' Mill, Virginia ...

They say taps is lowercase without quotations. The AP says: Lowercase the bugle call for "lights out," also sounded at military funerals. The same goes for reveille, the call to assembly for soldiers.

I would like to add my voice to those in the city of Everett who do not want to be subject to the Navy’s wake-up and overly long bugle blasts every morning. This annoying, nerve-jarring daily ...

He had to get his lips conditioned." Today, the call of the bugle is heard less and less at military installations. What little there is is probably canned.

The flag will remain raised on weekends, federal holidays, and military training holidays. For more information about the return of bugle calls on APG, contact Clint Zaengle at 410-278-4500.