United States Army Guidon Regulations

Military Police Corps
Guidons AR 840-10 For Streamers

6-1. Authorization
Guidons are unit identification markers approved by HQDA and authorized for TOE companies, batteries, troops, detachments, and separate platoons. Guidons are authorized for TDA units with an
authorized strength of 20 or more military personnel. Only one guidon is authorized for each of the following:
a. Companies, batteries, troops, detachments, separate platoons
and equivalent size units (TOE). b. Reserve Officers Training Corps companies (senior and junior units).
c. National Defense Cadet Corps units. d. Special units authorized by The Institute of Heraldry.
e . T D A d e t a c h m e n t s a n d u n i t s ( w i t h a n a u t h o r i z e d m i l i t a r y strength of 20 or more).
6–2. Additional guidons
a. Training companies Two guidons are authorized for training companies, one for use in field training and a stand-by guidon for ceremonies and parades. Duplicate streamers or campaign bands are
n o t a u t h o r i z e d . S i m u l t a n e o u s d i s p l a y o f t h e t w o g u i d o n s i s prohibited.
b. Split elements of ARNG. A duplicate company guidon is au-thorized for use by a spilt element of the ARNG located in different geographic locations. At functions when the split elements are as-sembled as a company, only one guidon is authorized for display.
6–3. Prohibitions
a. Guidons are not authorized for provisional units.
b. Detachments, platoons, and squads that are integral to a com-pany, battery, or troop are not authorized guidons except as indi-cated in para. 6-2b above.
c. Guidons are accountable property and their retention by indi-viduals is prohibited.
d. Prescribed designs of guidons will not be altered except by authority of the Secretary of the Army.
e. The only authorized abbreviation to denote the “Headquarters” element on guidons is “HQ” . All other abbreviations such as “HHC” or “HQS” are unauthorized.
6–4. Description
A guidon is a swallow-tailed unit marker, 20-inch hoist by a 27-inch fly, the swallow-tail end forked l0 inches. Fringe is not used on guidons. Guidons are made of bunting cloth or nylon, unless other-wise
specified. Design elements will appear on the opposite side as if printed through the material. Letters and numerals will read from left to right on each side of the guidon. The letters and numbers on
guidons are 3 1/2 inches high unless otherwise indicated. When a SSI is authorized for use on the guidon, the design will appear proper on both sides.
6–5. Display of guidons
Guidons will be carried by units participating in parades and review or displayed as directed by the commander.
6–6. Streamers and silver bands
Streamers and silver bands awarded to units are component parts of the guidon Streamers to reflect unit awards are attached below the spearhead of the flagstaff.Silver bands to indicate campaigns are
placed on the flagstaff below the guidon (See chap 9 for authorized streamers and silver bands.) The criteria for streamer awards and silver bands is contained in AR 600-8-22.
6–7. Headquarters Company, U.S. Army, Fort Myer,
Virginia A white guidon with the shoulder sleeve insignia for Headquarters Company, U.S. Army, in proper colors centered thereon will be used.
6–8. United States Army Field Band
A white guidon with the shoulder sleeve insignia of the United States Field Band centered thereon will be used. (See fig 6-2.)
6–9. Headquarters companies of specified commands The guidons for the headquarters company or detachment of the following commands, are the same colors and design as the distin-guishing
flags for these organizations.
a. MACOMs and forces established by HQDA. (See fig 6-3.)
b. State area commands. (See fig 6-3.)
c. Major subordinate commands of MACOMs. (See fig 6-4.)
d. Numbered TOE commands. (See fig 6-3.)
e. U.S. Army Reserve Commands. (See fig 6-3.)
f. Numbered armies/corps. (See fig 6-5.)
g. Corps artillery. (See fig 6-6.)
h. Divisions and division training. (See fig 6-5.)
i. Division support command. (See fig 6-7.)
j. Division artillery. (See fig 6-8.)
k. Division support centers. (See fig 6-9.)
l. Brigades of divisions. (See fig 6-10.)
m. Separate TOE brigades. (See fig 6-11.)
n. Special Troops of numbered TOE Support Commands. (See
fig 6-7.)
o. Named brigades of divisions. (See fig 6-12.)
p. Maneuver area command. (See fig 6-13.)
q. Training command. (See fig 6-14.)
r. Military Police Prisoner of War Camp. (See fig 6-15.)
s. Depots. (See fig 6-16.)
t. Groups. (See fig 6-17.)
6–10. Support battalion of a division
a . H e a d q u a r t e r s c o m p a n y ( H e a v y & M e d i u m D i v i s i o n ) . T h e
guidon has a buff color background with scarlet letters and numer-als.
(See fig 6-18.)
b. Companies of battalion. The guidons have branch oriented colors with the battalion number above and the company letter below the branch insignia. (See table 6-1 for colors and type of branch insignia.) (See fig 6-19.)
6–11. TOE companies, batteries, troops, and detachments of regiments and separate battalions
The guidons for units of regiments and separate fixed battalions (including companies of battalions of Special Forces units) will be the same color as the organizational color with the applicable branch
insignia centered between the regiment or battalion number above and HQ or company letter below the insignia. The letters and num-bers are 3 1/2 inch high. The numbers and letters will be the secondary branch color. (See table 6-2 for colors.) (See fig 6-20 for 36 AR 840–10 • 1 November 1998

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