Estontetsan Ceremonial Guards

Old Organisation[] Until June 322 the Ceremonial Service only consisted of the Commander, Ceremonial Service (Senior Colonel). On a regular cycle, one of the Border Guard combat units and one of the Constabulary's music corps were assigned for ceremonial service in the capital: Ceremonial Service Unit on duty Ceremonial Service Music Corps on duty

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Following a presidential order of 2 June 322, the ceremonial guards (CG) in the capital were upgraded and re-organised.

New Organsiation[]

The new CG units are formed as permanent battalions, honorarily designated as Guards Regiments (and fitted out with regimental colours) and named after Esto's most important periods of time. The new full dress uniforms conform to "model 110AP"^[1], the service dress is "model 191AP".

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The commander was renamed Commander, Ceremonial Guards and received a promotion to "Junior General" (a rank extra created for him).

Number	Type	Colour	Full dress^[2]				Distinctive Colours			Period Nat. Flag	Service dress
Name	Colonel-in-Chief	Colour	Shako for all ranks	Enlisted	Non-commissioned officers	Commissioned officers	T u n i c ^[3]	E d g i n g	L a p e l s ^[4]	Period Nat. Flag	Visor caps	Enlisted men and non-commissioned officers	Commissioned officers
President's Own Regiment of Guards	Mountain troops									unkn., yellow stands for the Gorami
Conquest (also Own, Estoni or Estontetsan) Guards	Bundespräsident W. S. Hombruch (4 May 322)									unkn., yellow stands for the Gorami
1st Regiment of Guards	Cavalry									unkn., green stands for the countryside
Settlement (also Ancient or Empapa) Guards	Count Biseuro, Secretary of State (4 Oct 322)									unkn., green stands for the countryside
2nd Regiment of Guards	Salute (& Anti Aircraft) Artillery
Old Kingdoms (also Old Kingdom, Old Royal or Micholerdian) Guards	Samuel Artos, President of the United Democratic Republic of Utania (15 Jan 323)
3rd Regiment of Guards	Infantry
Old Empire (also Old Imperial or Liliani) Guards	Miho Danizawa and Sandrine Chasfoixthe, RealmsPresidents of the Greater Burovian Realm (15 Jan 323)
4th Regiment of Guards	Cavalry
New Empire (also New Imperial) Guards	5 Oct 322 offered to Vesha Nek, Empress of Lysonia
5th Regiment of Guards	Infantry
New Kingdom (also New Royal) Guards	5 Oct 322 offered to Dr. Aoibheánn Quetzalpápalotl, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Trade and Development Corporation
6th Regiment of Guards	Cavalry
Republican (also Home) Guards	Qur ob Mɛɛk, Secretary General of the Smalik Treaty Organisation for Industrious Cooperation (15 Jan 323)
7th Regiment of Guards	Infantry
Federal (also New) Guards	5 Oct 322 offered to Hylda Oystol, President of the Republic of Ancalda
Music Corps of Guards	by foot and by horse, provided by Estontetsan Military Music Academy^[5]
(also Central or Staff Music Corps)	reserved for Porto Capital , pending diplo relations
Presidential Flight	provided by Transport and Liaison Squadron^[5]										Pilot Crew		rank: Chief Lieutenant
(also Air Squadron of Guards)											Pilot Crew		rank: Chief Lieutenant
Presidential Yacht Gregurdica	provided by Training Squadron^[5]										Nautics Engine Artillery		rank: Chief Lieutenant
(also Naval Component of Guards)											Nautics Engine Artillery		rank: Chief Lieutenant

Ceremonies[]

Other nations have a long tradition of military ceremonies: Trooping the Colour/King's Birthday Parade in Cruisana, Ceremony of the Kiss and Sultan's Birthday Parade in Feniz etc.

Estontetso re-introduced such ceremonies, appropriate for such an old and grand nation.

The weekly Changing Of The Guard on Sundays has already been taken up again in February 322.
A yearly Flag Day Ceremony (22 February, 22 o'clock, at Höhenburg Duceta) will follow the first one of 322.

Many more proposals reached the palace of which these have been approved and implemented:

Heroes' Memorial Day Parade (7 April) to remember the fallen of all times
Takeover Day Parade (18 May) to commemorate the seizure of power by the Gorami led by W. S. Hombruch in 321
Trooping The Colour Ceremony (31 August) to mark the annual end of basic training period
President's Birthday Parade (6 November)

Honours related to the Guards Regiments[]


Uniforms of the Bundespräsident as Colonel-in-Chief of the Conquest Guards with additional presidential sash; he is about the only person to wear a sash - indicating a civil office holder - on a military uniform.

The Federal President may confer "ownership" (honorary command as "colonel-in-chief") of individual regiments and other units on persons of merit in Estontetso or abroad. He did so first on 4 May 322. All colonels-in-chief are documented in the table above.

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↑ TECH: The basic design was created for Aethelnia by Thomas Dobbenga.
↑ according to component
↑ derived from the period national flag
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 ^5.2 Units providing parts to the CG supply personnel and material while the Commander CG regulates uniform and duty roster.