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DAFMAN 34-165

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HONOR GUARDS

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DAFMAN 34-165, "HONOR GUARDS", is a Department of the Air Force publication, dated October 20, 2026.

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NumberDAFMAN 34-165
TitleHONOR GUARDS
PublishedOctober 20, 2026
Certified currentOctober 20, 2026
Office of primary responsibilityAF/A1
Issued byHeadquarters, Department of the Air Force
Status on the indexCurrent
Last index actionRewrite, October 20, 2026
Source indexAir Force e-Publishing
Index last readOctober 25, 2026

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Contents

  1. Chapter 1—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 33
  2. Chapter 2—INTRODUCTIONp. 35
  3. Section 2A—Background and Historyp. 35
  4. Section 2B—Honor Guardsp. 36
  5. Section 2C—Military Musicp. 37
  6. Section 2D—Military Funeral Honorsp. 37
  7. Section 2E—USAF, USSF, and Base Honor Guard Programsp. 39
  8. Chapter 3—GROOMING AND APPEARANCE STANDARDSp. 43
  9. Section 3A—General Informationp. 43
  10. Section 3B—Hair Grooming Standardsp. 43
  11. Section 3C—Equipment, Accessories and Miscellaneous Standardsp. 45
  12. Chapter 4—CEREMONIAL UNIFORMSp. 49
  13. Section 4A—General Informationp. 49
  14. Section 4B—Proper Wear and Maintenance of the Ceremonial Uniformp. 50
  15. Chapter 5—SERVICE UNIFORMSp. 69
  16. Section 5A—Proper Wear and Maintenance of Service Uniformsp. 69
  17. Chapter 6—UTILITY UNIFORMSp. 70
  18. Section 6A—General Informationp. 70
  19. Section 6B—Proper Wear and Maintenance of the OCPp. 70
  20. Chapter 7—ADDITIONAL UNIFORMSp. 72
  21. Section 7A—General Informationp. 72
  22. Section 7B—Proper Wear and Maintenance of the Informal Uniformp. 72
  23. Section 7C—Proper Wear and Maintenance of the Black Jumpsuitp. 74
  24. Chapter 8—PHYSICAL TRAINING GEARp. 75
  25. Section 8A—General Informationp. 75
  26. Section 8B—Proper Wear and Maintenance of Physical Training Gear (PTG)p. 75
  27. Chapter 9—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—UNIQUE TERMSp. 76
  28. Section 9A—Overviewp. 76
  29. Section 9B—Technical Terminologyp. 76
  30. Chapter 10—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—BASIC INSTRUCTIONp. 80
  31. Section 10A—Basic Unarmed Standing Drillp. 80
  32. Section 10B—Basic Unarmed Marching Drillp. 87
  33. Section 10C—Drill of the Flight, Squadron, Group, and Wingp. 88
  34. Section 10D—Basic Armed Standing Drillp. 89
  35. Section 10E—Basic Armed Marching Drillp. 117
  36. Chapter 11—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—INTERMEDIATE INSTRUCTIONp. 136
  37. Section 11A—Intermediate Armed Standing Drillp. 136
  38. Section 11B—Intermediate Armed Marching Drillp. 157
  39. Chapter 12—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONp. 168
  40. Section 12A—Advanced Weapons Techniquesp. 168
  41. Section 12B—Safety and Preparationp. 170
  42. Section 12C—Advanced Marching Techniquep. 171
  43. Section 12D—Advanced Standing and Marching Drillp. 171
  44. Section 12E—Level 1 Advanced Movementsp. 173
  45. Section 12F—Level 2 Advanced Movementsp. 179
  46. Section 12G—Level 3 Advanced Movementsp. 185
  47. Section 12H—Exchangesp. 191
  48. Chapter 13—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—SABER AND SWORD INSTRUCTIONp. 195
  49. Section 13A—Introductionp. 195
  50. Section 13B—Saber and Sword Standing Drillp. 197
  51. Section 13C—Saber and Sword Marching Drillp. 206
  52. Chapter 14—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—GUIDON BEARERp. 210
  53. Section 14A—General Informationp. 210
  54. Section 14B—Guidon Standing Drillp. 210
  55. Section 14C—Guidon Marching Drillp. 222
  56. Chapter 15—HONORS AND CEREMONIES—COLORSp. 228
  57. Section 15A—General Informationp. 228
  58. Section 15B—Standing Flagstaff Manualsp. 235
  59. Section 15C—Marching Flagstaff Manualsp. 248
  60. Section 15D—Standing Rifle Manualsp. 251
All 120 contents entries
  1. Chapter 1—ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIESp. 33
  2. 1.1. Chief of Staff of the Air Force (CSAF) (AF/CC)p. 33
  3. 1.2. Chief of Space Operations (CSO)p. 33
  4. 1.3. Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force (CMSAF)p. 33
  5. 1.4. Chief Master Sergeant of the Space Force (CMSSF)p. 33
  6. 1.5. Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower, Personnel, and Services (AF/A1)p. 33
  7. 1.6. Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Personnel (SF/S1)p. 33
  8. 1.7. Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations (AFMAO)p. 34
  9. 1.9. Commanders/Directors/Supervisorsp. 34
  10. 1.10. Ceremonial Guardsmenp. 34
  11. Chapter 2—INTRODUCTIONp. 35
  12. Section 2A—Background and Historyp. 35
  13. 2.1. Purposep. 35
  14. 2.2. Originp. 35
  15. 2.3. Historyp. 35
  16. Section 2B—Honor Guardsp. 36
  17. 2.4. Purposep. 36
  18. 2.5. Originp. 36
  19. 2.6. Historyp. 36
  20. Section 2C—Military Musicp. 37
  21. Section 2D—Military Funeral Honorsp. 37
  22. 2.7. Backgroundp. 37
  23. 2.8. Referencep. 37
  24. 2.9. Backgroundp. 37
  25. Section 2E—USAF, USSF, and Base Honor Guard Programsp. 39
  26. 2.10. Historyp. 39
  27. 2.11. USAF HG Emblemp. 40
  28. 2.12. USSF HG Patchp. 41
  29. 2.13. Chargep. 41
  30. Chapter 3—GROOMING AND APPEARANCE STANDARDSp. 43
  31. Section 3A—General Informationp. 43
  32. Section 3B—Hair Grooming Standardsp. 43
  33. 3.1. Basic Philosophyp. 43
  34. 3.2. Femalesp. 43
  35. 3.3. Malesp. 44
  36. Section 3C—Equipment, Accessories and Miscellaneous Standardsp. 45
  37. 3.4. Facial Hairp. 45
  38. 3.5. Backpacks/Gym/Lunch Bags/Clutch-Style Purses/Wallets, etcp. 45
  39. 3.6. Body Piercingsp. 45
  40. 3.7. Tattoos/Brandsp. 45
  41. 3.8. Cosmeticsp. 45
  42. 3.9. Tobacco and Alcohol Use in Uniformp. 46
  43. 3.10. Hearing Protectionp. 46
  44. 3.11. Wear of Eyeglasses in Uniformp. 46
  45. 3.12. Wear of Jewelryp. 46
  46. 3.13. Rifle Stocksp. 46
  47. 3.14. Rifle Slingsp. 47
  48. 3.15. Members in Formationp. 47
  49. 3.16. Conductp. 47
  50. 3.17. Inspectionsp. 48
  51. Chapter 4—CEREMONIAL UNIFORMSp. 49
  52. Section 4A—General Informationp. 49
  53. 4.1. Generalp. 49
  54. 4.2. Ironing the Ceremonial Uniformp. 49
  55. 4.3. Official Photosp. 49
  56. Section 4B—Proper Wear and Maintenance of the Ceremonial Uniformp. 50
  57. 4.4. White/Blue Shirtp. 50
  58. 4.5. Undergarmentsp. 50
  59. 4.6. Ceremonial Trousersp. 50
  60. 4.7. Ceremonial Blousep. 51
  61. 4.8. Aiguillettep. 51
  62. 4.9. Honor Guard Duty Badgep. 51
  63. 4.10. Regular Anodized Medalsp. 52
  64. 4.11. Ceremonial Capp. 52
  65. 4.12. Rain Cap Coverp. 54
  66. 4.13. Ceremonial Belt/Back Beltp. 54
  67. 4.14. Ceremonial Glovesp. 57
  68. 4.15. Footwear/Ceremonial Shoesp. 57
  69. 4.16. Ceremonial Lightweight Jacketp. 60
  70. 4.17. Ceremonial Overcoatp. 62
  71. 4.18. Ceremonial All-Weather Coatp. 63
  72. 4.19. Black Wool Scarfp. 64
  73. 4.20. Blue Winter Cap (Bunny Cap)p. 64
  74. 4.21. Earmuffsp. 65
  75. Chapter 5—SERVICE UNIFORMSp. 69
  76. Section 5A—Proper Wear and Maintenance of Service Uniformsp. 69
  77. Chapter 6—UTILITY UNIFORMSp. 70
  78. Section 6A—General Informationp. 70
  79. Section 6B—Proper Wear and Maintenance of the OCPp. 70
  80. Chapter 7—ADDITIONAL UNIFORMSp. 72
  81. Section 7A—General Informationp. 72
  82. Section 7B—Proper Wear and Maintenance of the Informal Uniformp. 72
  83. Section 7C—Proper Wear and Maintenance of the Black Jumpsuitp. 74
  84. Chapter 8—PHYSICAL TRAINING GEARp. 75
  85. Section 8A—General Informationp. 75
  86. Section 8B—Proper Wear and Maintenance of Physical Training Gear (PTG)p. 75
  87. Chapter 9—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—UNIQUE TERMSp. 76
  88. Section 9A—Overviewp. 76
  89. Section 9B—Technical Terminologyp. 76
  90. Chapter 10—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—BASIC INSTRUCTIONp. 80
  91. Section 10A—Basic Unarmed Standing Drillp. 80
  92. Section 10B—Basic Unarmed Marching Drillp. 87
  93. Section 10C—Drill of the Flight, Squadron, Group, and Wingp. 88
  94. Section 10D—Basic Armed Standing Drillp. 89
  95. Section 10E—Basic Armed Marching Drillp. 117
  96. Chapter 11—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—INTERMEDIATE INSTRUCTIONp. 136
  97. Section 11A—Intermediate Armed Standing Drillp. 136
  98. Section 11B—Intermediate Armed Marching Drillp. 157
  99. Chapter 12—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—ADVANCED INSTRUCTIONp. 168
  100. Section 12A—Advanced Weapons Techniquesp. 168
  101. Section 12B—Safety and Preparationp. 170
  102. Section 12C—Advanced Marching Techniquep. 171
  103. Section 12D—Advanced Standing and Marching Drillp. 171
  104. Section 12E—Level 1 Advanced Movementsp. 173
  105. Section 12F—Level 2 Advanced Movementsp. 179
  106. Section 12G—Level 3 Advanced Movementsp. 185
  107. Section 12H—Exchangesp. 191
  108. Chapter 13—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—SABER AND SWORD INSTRUCTIONp. 195
  109. Section 13A—Introductionp. 195
  110. Section 13B—Saber and Sword Standing Drillp. 197
  111. Section 13C—Saber and Sword Marching Drillp. 206
  112. Chapter 14—DRILL AND CEREMONIES—GUIDON BEARERp. 210
  113. Section 14A—General Informationp. 210
  114. Section 14B—Guidon Standing Drillp. 210
  115. Section 14C—Guidon Marching Drillp. 222
  116. Chapter 15—HONORS AND CEREMONIES—COLORSp. 228
  117. Section 15A—General Informationp. 228
  118. Section 15B—Standing Flagstaff Manualsp. 235
  119. Section 15C—Marching Flagstaff Manualsp. 248
  120. Section 15D—Standing Rifle Manualsp. 251

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