Marine Corp Ch23

Question 1

What happens 5 minutes before the start of the cake ceremony?

Answer 1

Attention, Officers Call

*First Sergeant’s Call (Enlisted)

Question 2

What takes place after the invocation during the cake ceremony?

Answer 2

Attention, Adjutant’s Call, French Foreign Legion.

*Adjutant announces first two bugle calls

Question 3

What music is played for the entrance of the Escorts?

Answer 3

Semper Fidelis

Question 4

What is used to cue the entrance of the Commanding General?

Answer 4

Attention is played after the Escorts are in place.

Question 5

What are the next four events in order?

Answer 5

1 Honors

2 (Attention) Colors

3 National Anthem

4 (Attention) Cake

Question 6

What music is played when the cake is rolled in?

Answer 6

Slow Marines Hymn

Question 7

What music is played when the cake is cut?

Answer 7

Auld Lang Syne

Question 8

What command is given to march off the colors?

Answer 8

Forward March

*Band plays Semper Fidelis

Question 9

What is played after the last pair of Escorts clear the room?

Answer 9

Anchors Aweigh then Marines Hymn

Question 10

Where are the drum and trumpet detail positioned after French Foreign Legion is performed?

Answer 10

To the left and right of the entrance.

*They stay in this position until the end of the ceremony.

Question 11

What command is given by the senior escort that cues the band to play musical honors?

Answer 11

Present, Sword.

Question 12

What’s the cue for the band to stop playing slow Marines Hymn?

Answer 12

When the escorts face inboard toward the cake.