what time is evening colors navy

What are morning and Evening Colors?

Morning and evening colors refer to the raising and lowering of our national flag. Morning colors is the traditional flag raising ceremony which occurs every morning at 8:00 am as per U.S. Navy regulations.

What is the origin of the Navy Morning Colors?

The practice was taken up by the U.S. Navy from an early date and first codified in the 1843 Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Navy. At first, the time of morning colors was based on the time of sunset; if the sun set before 6:00 p.m., morning colors took place at 8:00 a.m., otherwise at 9:00 a.m.

How do you play the Navy colors in the morning?

At the completion of the music, ‘Carry On’ shall be sounded. ‘To the Colors’ shall be played by the bugle at morning colors, and ‘Retreat’ at evening colors.” According to the Naval Base Coronado Spokeswoman, Ms. Sandy Duchac, at Naval Base Coronado, “Colors is played via ATHOC (giant voice) speakers throughout the installations.

Do you have Evening Colors at home in Navy housing?

Photo by Krissy Ort shows her children standing at attention at evening colors on their trampoline in the backyard of their home in Navy Housing. Many of the Navy families that live on base appreciate the tradition and what it teaches their children.

What is the hand salute in the Navy?

3. Each person in the naval service in uniform, upon being passed by or passing a military formation carrying the national ensign uncased shall render the hand salute. A member not in uniform being passed by or passing such a formation shall face the flag and stand at attention with the left hand over the heart.

What is the national ensign at 0800?

1. The ceremonial hoisting and lowering of the national ensign at 0800 and sunset at a naval command ashore or aboard a ship of the Navy not under way shall be known as morning and evening colors, respectively, and shall be carried out as prescribed in this article. 2.

How to salute the national ensign?

1. Each person in the naval service, upon coming on board a ship of the Navy, shall salute the national ensign if it is flying. He or she shall stop on reaching the upper platform of the accommodation ladder, or the shipboard end of the brow, face the national ensign, and render the salute, after which he or she shall salute the officer of the deck. On leaving the ship, he or she shall render the salutes in inverse order. The officer of the deck shall return both salutes in each case.

What does "after rendering the appropriate salute to the officer of the deck" mean?

b. After rendering the appropriate salute to the officer of the deck, an officer shall state that he or she has permission to leave. An enlisted person shall request permission to leave.

Where shall the guard of the day and the band be paraded?

2. The guard of the day and the band shall be paraded in the vicinity of the point of hoist of the ensign.

Who shall stand and salute in the boat ceremony?

The boat officer, or the coxswain in the absence of the boat officer, shall stand and salute except when dangerous to do so. Other persons in the boat shall remain seated or standing and shall not salute. 9. During colors, vehicles within sight or hearing of the ceremony shall be stopped.

What is the duty of an officer coming on board a ship to which he or she is not attached?

An officer coming on board a ship to which he or she is not attached shall request permission to come on board and shall state his or her business. An enlisted person shall request permission to come on board, and shall state his or her business if the ship is not the one to which he or she is attached.

What is the Navy's regulation for morning and evening colors?

The current regulatory provisions on morning and evening colors are in Article 1206 of Navy Regulations. They provide for the observance of the ceremony on all ships that are not under way and at all shore stations of the Navy and Marine Corps. Although few ships or shore stations have bands or buglers nowadays, the ceremonies are still conducted with as much formality as local resources will permit. At a minimum, the word is passed over the ship's loudspeaker system, the "1MC." The following is the sequence of events.

When did the Navy start using morning colors?

The practice was taken up by the U.S. Navy from an early date and first codified in the 1843 Rules and Regulations for the Government of the Navy. At first, the time of morning colors was based on the time of sunset; if the sun set before 6:00 p.m., morning colors took place at 8:00 a.m., otherwise at 9:00 a.m.

How do ships salute each other?

The merchant ship then returns its own ensign to the peak or truck. When a warship receives a salute while it is not flying its ensign, such as in port before 8:00 a.m. or after sunset, or when steaming in peacetime out of sight of land, it hoists an ensign for the purpose of returning the salute, then lowers it again after the salute is concluded. The U.S. Navy and Coast Guard return salutes only from vessels flying the U.S. flag or the flag of a nation formally recognized by the Government of the United States. Warships never initiate such a salute , nor do they dip to each other. Ships of the Military Sealift Command, however, do follow the merchant marine custom in dipping to men-of-war, and also answer salutes rendered to them by merchant ships. By Navy Regulations, submarines and or ships in which doing so would be hazardous for the crew are not required to dip the ensign.

How to fly a flag at half mast?

When a flag is to be flown at half-mast, it is first hoisted briskly to the top of the pole ( truck or peak aboard ship) then lowered just as briskly to the half-mast position. If the flag is half-masted at morning colors, the lowering takes place at the last note of "To the Colors" or the National Anthem. In naval use, the exact position of half-mast traditionally depends on the configuration of the mast or pole on which the flag is being flown. On a simple pole, half-mast has traditionally been considered to be one-quarter of the pole length below the top, although Department of Defense Directive 1005.6 now defines it for all the services as halfway. On the pole with crosstrees that is most commonly used at naval installations, a flag at half mast has its lower edge level with the crosstrees. An ensign displayed on a pole equipped with a gaff is flown from the gaff, with halfmast being halfway from the ground to the peak of the gaff. When a flag at half-mast is lowered, it is first returned to the truck or peak for a moment before being hauled down. When this is done in the context of evening colors, the raising of the flag to the truck is done before the signal for the salute or the sounding of "Retreat" or the National Anthem. Outside the United States, the flag is half-masted when ordered by the President even if the flag of another country is being flown at full-mast on an adjacent pole.

How to full dress a ship?

In the days of sail, a ship full-dressed by hanging every bit of bunting in its flag locker between the bowsprit and the mastheads, and down the shrouds and signal hal yards (see the Sea Flags banner at the top of this page). This display usually included foreign ensigns, jacks, and admirals flags--everything the ship had on board. Nowadays, only signal flags are used, and the sequence in which they are displayed is precisely prescribed by directive--in the case of the U.S. Navy by NTP-13 (B), Flags, Pennants and Customs. This guarantees a uniform appearance and ensures that no offensive or inappropriate messages are inadvertently (or mischievously) embedded in the display.

Where is the flag flown in a salute?

Otherwise it is flown at the fore. The ensign used is normally the foreign warship ensign, which is often of a different design than the more familiar national flag used ashore. Shore commands firing salutes in honor of foreign officials or anniversaries fly the foreign ensign or flag at the point where the commander's personal flag is normally displayed, his personal flag being temporarily shifted to another point of hoist. See also Foreign Flags on U.S. Navy Ships.

What rank is the Navy flag at a funeral?

In addition, deceased service members of the rank of master chief petty officer of the Navy and above are entitled to a color party carrying the national and Navy flags in the funeral procession.

What is the difference between morning and evening colors?

Morning and evening colors refer to the raising and lowering of our national flag. Morning colors is the traditional flag raising ceremony which occurs every morning at 8:00 am as per U.S. Navy regulations. Evening colors occurs when the flag is lowered at sunset.

What is the American flag called when it is lowered at sunset?

It has other names depending upon how it is being displayed. For example the American Flag is called the National Standard when it is carried by vehicle and the National Ensign when carried by ship.

When does the trumpet sound first call?

At five minutes before 8:00 the trumpets sound First Call. There is time for one more musical selection. A moment before 8:00 you will hear the band sound attention, a Marine strikes the bell 8 times and the band plays the National Anthem as the flag is hoisted.