BUGLER (Bug)
School Code No. 47
SELECTION QUALIFICATIONS
None.
JOB DESCRIPTION
DUTIES: Renders all Navy bugle calls. Keeps bugle in good condition. Stands routine bugle watch. Reads treble clef, interprets abbreviations. Must be familiar with part played by bugler in table of honors. In higher rates, must recognize personal flags of flag officers and the man-of-war ensigns of the principal maritime nations.
TYPES OF BILLETS: Larger ships; shore stations.

POSSIBLE SOURCES
RELATED CIVILIAN OCCUPATIONS: Bandsman -- cornet, trumpet or trombone player.
TRAINING COURSE
16 weeks. Includes care of bugle and drum, elementary music, etiquette of the side and quarter-deck, ship and shore routine for buglers.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Compilation of Enlisted Ratings and Apprenticeships, U.S. Navy, 1775 to 1969
Prepared by Charles A. Malin, Recorder, Permanent Board for Review of the Enlisted Rating Structure, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Revised - December 1969

Bugler - Established 1871; changed to Bugler 2c 1920; pay grade 1c established 1920; Bugler 1c and 2c included in Seaman and Seaman Apprentice respectively 1948.

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