Public duties

Public duties are performed by military personnel, and usually have a ceremonial or historic significance rather than an overtly operational role.

Since September 2018, the Honour Guard Battalion of the Ministry of Defense of Armenia has been responsible for performing public duties at the President's Residence in Yerevan, the national capital.

[1] The service branches of the Canadian Armed Forces typically maintains one or more public duties detachments and units.

Public duties in which these regiments take part in includes mounting the guard at Parliament Hill; and Rideau Hall, the official residence for the Monarch, and the Governor General of Canada.

Public duties were also performed by the Canadian Guards until 1970, when the unit was reduced to nil-strength, and moved to the Supplementary Order of Battle.

[8] The regiment carries out public duties at the Citadelle of Quebec from late-June to Labour Day, which falls on the first Monday of September.

[8] The military installation serves as the home garrison for the regiment, as well as the secondary official residence for the Monarch, and Governor General of Canada.

The Kommando was based at Moabit Barracks, and every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, performed a modest changing of the guard ceremony for the public.

On each Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday, the entire Wachtruppe, accompanied by the regimental band, marched from the barracks through the Brandenburg Gate and to the Berlin War Memorial, providing a greater spectacle for public view.

The unit provided escorts and Guards of Honour for State Visits, Conferences and even the Olympic Games.

Prior to 2002, sentries were permanently stationed at the entrance to Edinburgh Castle, but these were withdrawn due to cost-cutting measures.

Today, sentries are posted during the evenings between 6 pm and 9 am, and throughout the week that the monarch spends in Edinburgh at both the castle and the Palace of Holyroodhouse.

B Troop, 4th Cavalry Regiment resides at the main post stables and conducts events around the southwestern United States.

The Governor's Guards of Connecticut is another unit which engages in public duties for the state, primarily in the capital of Hartford.

[14] The unit performs in ceremonial activities from its base at College Station, Texas, and its area of responsibility in Austin.