It also supports the government and the military, specifically increasing the esprit de corps in army units as well as in the public.

When on parade, they wear the full dress uniform of the Life Guards (a scarlet tunic, blue trousers, and a bearskin cap).

It takes part in the annual Tattoo of Den Kongelige Livgarde at Rosenborg Castle.

The band almost exclusively plays Kong Christian stod ved højen mast, the Royal anthem, in the presence of the monarch or other Danish members of the House of Glücksburg.

In addition, most members of the corps of drums play on trumpets, which is used mostly in the Bb key for tattoos, reveille, and retreats.