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Corps of Drums of the Moscow Military Conservatoire at the Victory Parade on Red Square, 2010. Corps of Drums at a tattoo (Großer Zapfenstreich) in Germany, 2002. British Corps of Drums. A corps of drums, sometimes known as a fife and drum corps or simply field music, is a traditional European military music formation.
In 1958, the Gibraltar Defence Force became the Gibraltar Regiment under the British Army, [2] serving as the home defence unit of Gibraltar. [3] They became the Royal Gibraltar Regiment in 1999, on the 60th anniversary of their formation. [4] In 1972, the Band and Corps of Drums were established, starting off small. [5]
Today the pipes and drums of British Army and Royal Air Force formations contain bagpipes and a percussion section of bass drums, Scottish form tenor drums (save for the Brigade of Gurkhas, whose pipe bands do not have these) and highland snare/side drums. These bands are led by a Drum Major with the Pipe Major being the seniormost bagpiper in ...
Military Provost Staff (MPS) [34] Military Provost Guard Service (MPGS) [35] Royal Corps of Army Music - 14 + 20 bands [36] Royal Army Chaplains' Department - approx. 150 [37] Small Arms School Corps [38] Royal Army Physical Training Corps [39] General Service Corps; Royal Army Medical Service - 9 + 15 units [40] Royal Army Veterinary Corps - 2 ...
In 2019, the Corps of Army Music was restructured with a number of bands being co-located and re-named. [5] In a process of 'Military Music Optimization', the regular Army band laydown was adjusted to enable several smaller bands to train and perform as larger bands for more significant Army events: 'Co-locating 11 of the smaller bands in three major garrisons and Sandhurst has increased the ...
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Tactical recognition flash (TRF) is the British military term for a coloured patch worn on the right arm of combat clothing by members of the British Army, [1] Royal Navy and Royal Air Force. A TRF serves to quickly identify the regiment or corps of the wearer, in the absence of a cap badge .