Talk:Color guard

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Contents 1 Not at all the same thing 2 Article separation 3 FPS color guard? 4 History

[edit] Not at all the same thing

The military-style color guard is something completely different from this apparent flag twirling activity that somehow got called the same thing. I believe these two topics should be treated completely separately with their own articles and a disambiguation page. Cacetudo 14:52, 11 May 2006 (UTC)

I agree. The military-style color guard definately deserves its own page. There's alot more information, in-depth information, about the military color guard yet the whole topic seems to be stifled by its flag-twirling counterpart due to the fact that these two contrasting topics are on the same page. CrimsonScholar 05:03, 28 May 2006 (UTC)

Separate them. They shouldn't be in the same place. KC9CQJ 03:54, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

I do believe that the military form of color guard and the marching band form of color guard are two different things. The military guard is a form of pride and representation of one's country, while marching band color guard is a form of entertainment that enhances the band's halftime show. Both are awesome in their own respects, but they are not the same thing. I know a military guard would never spin the American flag, just as a marching color guard would not just stand there. I believe they should have seperate pages with a link to one another.

Yeah, we're all individuals! :P Actually, our band's color guard can't call themselves color guard. ROTC is color guard, so we have to be flag corp. --User:Marudita

[edit] Article separation

Based on the consensus here, I'm going to go ahead and separate these two subjects into different articles, with interlinks. Cacetudo 13:16, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Right, it's done. I've moved the appropriate comments from this talk page to that one. Cacetudo 16:17, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] FPS color guard?

Do you think that the FPS color guard(picture) would be consider as a military color guard? The American flag is placed in the middle of three flags, which is different from military color guard.--RNAi 19:35, 14 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] History

There's a comment on the main page asking for a History section. This is a good idea. Quite a bit of info is available from Army FM 3-21.5 (the successor to FM 22-5 referenced in the article). -- Calion | Talk 20:58, 16 August 2006 (UTC)