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CHAPTER 8
HONORS AND CEREMONIES
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Upon completion of this chapter, you should be able to do the following:
Describe the procedures for conducting morning
and evening colors.
Identify the procedures for saluting the
national ensign when boarding a ship or when
meeting a military formation.
Name the individual who is accorded “Hail to
the Chief.”
Describe the U.S. Navy’s regulations for gun
salutes.
Describe the U.S. Navy’s regulations for
conducting passing honors.
Describe the U.S. Navy’s regulations for
displaying the national ensign, union jack, and
distinctive marks of vessels.
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Describe the ceremony conducted
passing Washington’s Tomb.
by a ship
Describe the ceremonies conducted by the
Navy on President’s Day, Independence Day,
and Memorial Day.
Describe the ceremony conducted by a ship
passing the USS Arizona memorial.
Describe the procedure for conducting military
funerals.
Describe the procedure for placing a U.S.
Navy ship in commission.
Describe a formal change-of-command
ceremony.
Honors and ceremonies have been an integral
part of military courtesy and naval custom for
hundreds of years. As a part of naval custom, we
have traditionally rendered honors to ships, to
high ranking individuals, and to nations. We often
render honors in the form of ceremonies. We
make festive occasions of many naval honors and
ceremonies at which the Navy is seen at its best.
We perform ceremonies as formal acts on public
occasions.
The Navy has too many types of honors and
ceremonies and too many occasions on which they
are performed for us to include all of them in this
chapter. Instead, we will discuss some of the more
common situations involving a formal ceremony
or honor and the behavior required of you
during the event. We have used excerpts from
chapter 12 of United States Navy Regulations in
many sections of this chapter.
HONORS TO NATIONAL ANTHEMS
AND NATIONAL ENSIGNS
When naval bands play the national anthem
of the United States, “The Star Spangled
Banner,” they play it in its entirety. They play
it as written and prescribed in the official U.S.
Navy Band arrangement, which is designated as
the official Department of Defense arrangement.
The following rules apply to the rendering of the
national anthem:
• The official U.S. Navy Band’s playing of
the national anthem of the United States, or of
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