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14-1. GENERAL
CHAPTER 14
PRESENTATION OF DECORATIONS AND INDIVIDUAL RETIREMENT
a. Reviews, when practicable, are held on the following
occasions:
(1) The presentation of United States decorations.
(2) The decoration of organizational colors.
(3) The presentation of a foreign decoration.
(4) The retirement of an individual or a group of any rank. Local
commanders should consider it appropriate, when only one
distinguished individual is retiring, to allow that individual
to participate as the reviewing officer. When the colors are
marched forward, the retiree would position himself front and
center of the colors. The local commander would then present
the retirement orders and/or make appropriate remarks. The
retiree would then return to the reviewing officer’s post.
b. Formations and procedures for the reviews are as described in
chapter 13 until the reviewing officer completes his inspection. At that
time the procedures in this chapter are followed.
14-2. POSITIONING OF PERSONS TO BE DECORATED AND RETIREES
After the reviewing officer has inspected the troops and resumed
his post, the commander of troops, from his post, does an about face and
commands PERSONS TO BE DECORATED, RETIREES, AND ALL COLORS, CENTER, MARCH.
On MARCH, persons to be decorated, retirees, and all colors move by the
most direct route to the following posts:
a. Persons to be decorated and retirees form a single rank in the
center of the command, 15 paces in front of the line of company
commanders. They form according to the rank of the decoration to be
conferred, the highest ranking decoration on the right. Those to receive
similar decorations take position by seniority within each decoration
group. Retirees not receiving decorations form to the left of persons
being decorated.
b. Colors to be decorated form in a single rank 5 paces in front of
the center of the line of persons to be decorated. The color to receive
the highest decoration is on the right, the remainder to the left
according to the rank of decorations to be conferred.
c. All other colors with color guards form in a single rank 5 paces
behind the center of the line of persons to be decorated. Each color is
in the same relative position as its parent organization within the
formation for review.
14-3. PRESENTATION TO REVIEWING OFFICER
The commander of troops’ staff, under the command of the senior
staff officer, executes right face, moves to the right a sufficient
distance to allow clearance for the colors and persons to be decorated,
then halts, and executes left face. The commander of troops takes
position 5 paces in front of the leading element of the group to be
decorated or retired. He executes an about face and commands FORWARD,
MARCH. Upon his command, the entire group marches forward and the band
begins playing. The guide is center in all ranks. After the detachment
has passed, the staff returns to its original position. When he has
reached a point 10 paces from the
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