Bugler Master Sgt. Allen Moon performed at hundreds of military funerals. Bugler Campbell Whitford has volunteered to play the 21-note taps at more than 450 military funerals. Several Capital Region ...

As a former trumpet player with the U.S. Army, retired Sgt. 1st Class Gerald Rich is deeply familiar with the bugle call ...

KEARNEY, Neb. — A band instructor at Kearney High School is recruiting students to help fill the need for buglers at military funerals. Rick Mitchell discovered the shortage after performing at ...

Bonnie Carroll, founder of TAPS, hugging a survivor (Photo courtesy of TAPS). Two uniformed service members stand at the door. Inside the military community, that moment has a name: “the knock.” When ...

After the deaths of service members during Operation Epic Fury were announced, military families across the country began the difficult process of grieving their loved ones. “In those first 24 to 72 ...

LAMPASAS – Former 1st Cavalry Division Band trumpet and coronet player Jennifer Fitzgerald has plenty on her plate these days running a successful dog boarding business and performing with The Heights ...

Gary Marquardt spent Memorial Day on Monday traveling from cemetery to cemetery across the western Twin Cities metro, playing "Taps" for veterans and their families. The retired Minnesota business ...

Gary Marquardt spent Memorial Day on Monday traveling from cemetery to cemetery across the west metro of the Twin Cities playing Taps for veterans and their families. The retired Minnesota business ...