Quote Originally Posted by 4DI2D View Post
If you haven't heard "Echo Taps" (now banned from military services) you have missed what is in reality a musical prayer.

Day is done,
Gone the sun,
From the lakes, from the hills, from the sky,
All is well
Safely rest,
God is nigh.
Echo taps banned my arse; if the family want's it, I play it.

I joined the Marine Corps as a 5541 musician (trumpet player) and did more funerals than I can remember, before and after I made a career change to aviation. I made myself available to my squadron when performing honor guards when the band could not supply a bugler. I took my duty very seriously, it was the last thing the family hears and sees before the presentation of the flag. One shot, no mistakes.

Today, it is mostly false because the mouthpiece contains a small sound device that plays the horn for the person holding it, and frankly, it offends me greatly. The family deserves more than digital fakery. That's why there's no echo taps.