Road Guard Procedures

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Road Guard Procedures
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Overview

• General Rules
• Falling In with Road Guards
• Road Guards in Transit
• Crossing Intersections
• Group or Squadron Formations

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General Rules

• If 10 or more members in formation, use Road
  Guards when crossing every intersection
• Reflective Vests Road Guards, formation
  commanders
• Double Time it in BDUs and PTs, Adjutants Pace
  in Blues

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Falling In with Road Guards

• FLT/CC Road Guards Post.
• 2 marching six paces in front, 2 marching six
  paces to the rear

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Road Guards in Transit

• Front Road Guards must be inclined first before
  executing a column movement or an incline.
• Column Right Example Road Guards, incline
  right, 90 degrees. Column Right, March.

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Crossing Intersections

• FLT/CC Flight, Halt and Cover.

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Crossing Intersections

• FLT/CC will move to edge of road, wave any
  oncoming traffic.

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Crossing Intersections

• When road is clear, FLT/CC will move to the
  middle of the road, and execute an About Face.
  Note that the FLT/CC will not be in the way of
  the flight.

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Crossing Intersections

• When road is clear, FLT/CC will move to the
  middle of the road, and execute an About Face.

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Crossing Intersections

• 2 (3 or 4, depending on the number of lanes of
  traffic) road guards out.
• The front road guards will move to the oncoming
  traffic lanes, leaving room for the flight to
  pass by and the FLT/CC clear.

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Crossing Intersections

• After the road guards are in place, they will
  execute a facing movement towards oncoming
  traffic, and move to a modified position of
  parade rest with their right hand palm out. (If
  they have flashlights, they will point them
  downward)

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Crossing Intersections

• FLT/CC Forward, March.

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Crossing Intersections

• Rear Road Guards move to position behind front
  Road Guards.

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Crossing Intersections

• Execute facing movement, tap the shoulder once.
  Front Road Guards will then come to attention.

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Crossing Intersections

• Front Road Guards will execute a facing movement,
  and move back to their position 6 paces in front
  of the flight.

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Crossing Intersections

• Front Road Guards will execute a facing movement,
  and move back to their position 6 paces in front
  of the flight.

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Crossing Intersections

• Rear Road Guards will take a step forward, move
  into modified position of parade rest.

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Crossing Intersections

• As the front rank passes the FLT/CC, the FLT/CC
  will execute a facing movement towards the
  flight.

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Crossing Intersections

• As the front rank passes the FLT/CC, the FLT/CC
  will execute a facing movement towards the
  flight.

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Crossing Intersections

• As the last rank passes the FLT/CC, the FLT/CC
  will execute another facing movement, facing the
  same direction as the flight.

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Crossing Intersections

• As the last rank passes the FLT/CC, the FLT/CC
  will execute another facing movement, facing the
  same direction as the flight.

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Crossing Intersections

• Flight has cleared the road, with room for the
  rear road guards. FLT/CC will command Flight,
  Halt and Cover.

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Crossing Intersections

• FLT/CC Road guards in.
• Road guards will come to attention.

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Crossing Intersections

• Road guards will execute facing movements towards
  the flight.

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Crossing Intersections

• Road guards will resume their position 6 paces to
  the rear of the flight.
• Simultaneously, the FLT/CC will be exiting the
  road and resuming his/her position in the flight.

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Crossing Intersections

• Road guards will resume their position 6 paces to
  the rear of the flight.
• Simultaneously, the FLT/CC will be exiting the
  road and resuming his/her position in the flight.

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Crossing Intersections

• If coming to an intersection where more than 2
  road guards are needed, the FLT/CC will command,
  1 (or 2) road guard(s) to the front.

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Crossing Intersections

• The road guard(s) to the rear will post one arm
  length behind the front road guards prior to the
  intersection.

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Group or Squadron Formations

• Group or Squadron Formations
• Lead flight will send out the initial road
  guards.
• As other flights pass, their road guards will tap
  out the preceding flights road guards.
• Tapping out another flight, but not in a
  formation with them
• FLT/CC will ask the other FLT/CC (flight in the
  road) for permission to tap out their road
  guards. If granted, road guards and FLT/CC will
  tap out other road guards and FLT/CC. (FLT/CC
  will be the first in the road even in this
  formation)
• No more than 3 individual flights, or one
  squadron, will cross intersections at one time
  when one or more vehicles are waiting.

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Summary

• General Rules
• Falling In with Road Guards
• Road Guards in Transit
• Crossing Intersections
• Group or Squadron Formations