This article is about the military color guard. For information about the flag, rifle, and sabre auxiliary units associated with high school and university marching bands and drum and bugle corps, see Color guard (flag spinning). Color Guard of the 1st Naval Fusiliers of the French Navy at the 2008 Bastille Day Military Parade, Paris. In military organizations, the Color Guard (or Colour Guard) refers to a detachment of soldiers assigned to the protection of regimental colors.