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==Order of precedence== [[File:Chief of the General Staff of Israel Defense Forces, AFFHW, June 21, 2021 (51261475692).jpg|thumb|The Joint Armed Forces Color Guard at [[Arlington National Cemetery]]]] [[File:220530-D-XI929-1036 (52109853997).jpg|thumb|Soldiers, marines, sailors, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen from their services ceremonial units stand in formation at [[Arlington National Cemetery]]]] Under Department of Defense regulation, the various components of the U.S. Armed Forces have a set order of precedence that is based on founding dates.This order is used for the display of service flags as well as the placement of soldiers, marines, sailors, airmen, guardians, and coast guardsmen in formations and parades.<ref>[https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/ARN20654_R600_25_Admin_FINAL.pdf army.mil]</ref> # Cadets, [[United States Military Academy|U.S. Military Academy]] # Midshipmen, [[United States Naval Academy|U.S. Naval Academy]] # Cadets, [[United States Air Force Academy|U.S. Air Force Academy]] # Cadets, [[United States Coast Guard Academy|U.S. Coast Guard Academy]] # Midshipmen, [[United States Merchant Marine Academy|U.S. Merchant Marine Academy]] # United States Army # United States Marine Corps # United States Navy # United States Air Force # United States Space Force # United States Coast Guard # Army National Guard # United States Army Reserve # United States Marine Corps Reserve # United States Navy Reserve # Air National Guard # United States Air Force Reserve # United States Coast Guard Reserve # Other training and auxiliary organizations of the Army, Marine Corps, [[United States Merchant Marine|Merchant Marine]], [[Civil Air Patrol]], and [[United States Coast Guard Auxiliary|Coast Guard Auxiliary]], as in the preceding order. While the original founding date of a U.S. Navy was earlier than that of the Marine Corps,<ref name="precedence">Naval History & Heritage Command. [https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/customs-and-traditions0/precedence-forces-parades-redirect.html "the U.S. Navy and the Marine Corps"], U.S. Department of the Navy. 11 February 2016.<!-- The date in the footer of the archived copy is 19 August 2015. --></ref> the Marine Corps takes precedence due to previous inconsistencies in the Navy's birth date. The Marine Corps has recognized its observed birth date on a more consistent basis. The [[Second Continental Congress]] is considered to have established the Navy on 13 October 1775 by authorizing the purchase of ships, but the [[United States Navy Regulations#History|"Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies"]] were not established until 27 November 1775,<ref>{{cite web|title=Rules for the Regulation of the Navy of the United Colonies of North-America |url=http://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/organization-and-administration/regulations-and-policy/navy-regulations-1775.html|website=Naval Historical Center|publisher=Department of the Navy|access-date=11 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160123152420/http://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/organization-and-administration/regulations-and-policy/navy-regulations-1775.html|archive-date=23 January 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Navy also lost funding and was temporarily discontinued in 1785.<ref name="preced2024">{{cite web |title=Precedence of Forces in Parades |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/heritage/customs-and-traditions0/precedence-forces-parades-redirect.html |date=10 June 2024}}<!-- Note that this 2024 web page is different and has a different title from the article with the same link dated in 2015/2016 --></ref> The Marine Corps was established by an act of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. The Navy did not officially recognize 13 October 1775 as its birth date until 1972, when thenβ[[Chief of Naval Operations|chief of naval operations]] Admiral [[Elmo Zumwalt]] authorized it to be observed as such.<ref name="precedence"/> The Coast Guard is normally situated after the Space Force, but if it is moved to the Department of the Navy, then its place in the order of precedence would change to being situated after the Navy and before the Air Force.<ref name="precedence"/>{{failed verification |date=October 2024 |reason=There is no mention of the Space Force in the archived web page that is dated 19 August 2015 in its footer. And in fact that was before the Space Force existed, so it obviously cannot have been the source of this information. The updated web page content with the same link that is dated 10 June 2024 in its footer also does not mention the Space Force.}}
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