Bugle and trumpet calls of the Mexican Armed Forces
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The Mexican Armed Forces
has a lot of bugle and trumpet calls for all its branches. Drums and bugles are used to signal the calls for the most units of the Army, Navy and the Air Force while the cavalry trumpet is used to signal the calls for the cavalry units of the Army and Air Force, and the Army's artillery units. Here is a list of those calls and signals which are also used by civilian drum and bugle bands.
Within the Mexican Army are 129 bugle calls, most played by drums and bugles, the rest played by cavalry trumpets of the cavalry and artillery.
Infantry calls
Cavalry calls
Artillery calls
Mexican Navy
Drum and bugle calls are always performed by the Navy's drum and bugle bands whether on board ships or on the ground.
Mexican Air Force
Drum and bugle calls of the Air Forces are done of the ground on their air bases.
Mexican Armed Forces
The Mexican Armed Forces are composed of the Mexican Army which includes the Mexican Air Force as a subordinate entity and the Mexican Navy which also includes the Mexican Naval Infantry and Naval Aviation...
has a lot of bugle and trumpet calls for all its branches. Drums and bugles are used to signal the calls for the most units of the Army, Navy and the Air Force while the cavalry trumpet is used to signal the calls for the cavalry units of the Army and Air Force, and the Army's artillery units. Here is a list of those calls and signals which are also used by civilian drum and bugle bands.
All-forces calls
- Attention - signals the unit to stand at attention, also signals the end of flag raising and lowering
- At Ease
- Slope Arms - signals the unit to slope arms
- Present Arms - signals the unit to present arms
- Order Arms - signals the unit to order arms
- Port Arms
- Fix Bayonets
- Remove Bayonets
- Drumbeat pace/Marchpast pace
- Accelerated/double pace
- Honor March (Marcha de Honor) - performed in the presence of the President of MexicoPresident of MexicoThe President of the United Mexican States is the head of state and government of Mexico. Under the Constitution, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Mexican armed forces...
and the National Defense Secretary/Deputy Secretary. It is played to accompany the National Anthem of Mexico or played as a stand-alone march - Salute to the Flag (Toque de Bandera) - performed during flag raising and lowering ceremonies and marches of honor commemorating the Flag of MexicoFlag of MexicoThe flag of Mexico is a vertical tricolor of green, white, and red with the national coat of arms charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War...
. Like the Marcha de Honor, played to the accompaniment of the National Anthem of Mexico or as a stand-alone march. - NCO's and Enlisted Arrival - Signals the arrival of NCO's and enlisted personnel
- Officers Arrival - Signals the arrival of officers
- Arrival of Honor - Signals the arrival of the guest of honor
- Bands/Musicians Arrival - Signals the arrival of the military band
- Buglers Arrival - Played by the drums and bugles to signal their arrival
Branch calls
Mexican ArmyMexican Army
The Mexican Army is the combined land and air branch and largest of the Mexican Military services; it also is known as the National Defense Army. It is famous for having been the first army to adopt and use an automatic rifle, , in 1899, and the first to issue automatic weapons as standard issue...
Within the Mexican Army are 129 bugle calls, most played by drums and bugles, the rest played by cavalry trumpets of the cavalry and artillery.
Infantry calls
- Alarm
- Infantry
- Column
- Sections/Squads
- Companies
- Battalion
- Cease Firing
- Lines
- Listing
- Reunion
- Regiment
- Platoons
- Medic
Cavalry calls
- Marcha Dragona (Dragoons March)
- Regiment
- Veterinarian visit
- Charge
- At the Gallop
- Shoulder, Saber
- Cavalry
- Squadrons
- Troops
- Water
- At the Trot
- Walk March
Artillery calls
- Battery
- Center
- Counter March
- Close cannon
- Close Mounting
- Carriages Column
- Discharge
- Distance
- On Batteries
- On Discharge
- Intervals
- Lines
- Lines of Columns
- Artillery March
- Auxiliaries' Arrival
- Groups
Mexican Navy
Mexican Navy
The Mexican Navy is the naval branch of the Mexican military responsible for conducting naval operations. Its stated mission is "to use the naval force of the federation for the exterior defense, and to help with internal order". The Navy consists of about 56,000 men and women plus reserves, over...
Drum and bugle calls are always performed by the Navy's drum and bugle bands whether on board ships or on the ground.
- Ship Batteries
- Flotilla
- Marines on board
- Sailors on board
Mexican Air Force
Mexican Air Force
The Mexican Air Force is the aviation branch of the Mexican Army and depends on the National Defense Secretariat . Since 2008, its commander is Gen...
Drum and bugle calls of the Air Forces are done of the ground on their air bases.