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 ...

Back in the day, military life was dictated by bugle calls. They told service members when to wake up, when to work, when to eat, when to stop work and when to go to bed. There were as many as 25 ...

Bugle calls will begin on both APG North (Aberdeen) and APG South (Edgewood) Nov. 8. During the first week of bugle calls, from Nov. 8-16, individuals will not be required to halt activities and ...

"Of all the military bugle calls, there is none that is so easily recognized or more apt to evoke emotion," Villanueva said. More than 1,000 U.S. military veterans die daily, ...

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. 3.

Why taps, the military bugle call, is lowercase. Frank Reust Aug 26, 2011 Aug 26, 2011; 0; Wednesday October 20, 2010 ...

The languid, melancholy sound of a bugle call is a fixture at military funerals. But it wasn't always that way. The song taps used to signal 'lights out' for soldiers to go to sleep. Taps ...

At its heart, the military bugle call taps is a tune of comfort. Even when sounded at the most solemn time — the funeral of a fallen soldier or sailor — it’s meant to assure: The day is done ...

It woke them up and put them to bed. In between, it called them to assembly, to morning drills and to the mess hall. Years ago, the toot-toot-toot-a-toot of the bugle was as familiar on military ...