Words when passing old glory from Pfc to MSgt during a marine corps retirement ceremony?

I'm probably wrong, but I think the answer can be found at: http://www.americanfamilytraditions.com/flag_ceremony.htm I was wrong. The following came from an actual retirement ceremony: FLAG FOLDING CEREMONY NARRATOR: "Ladies and gentlemen, the High Frontier Honor Guard will perform the flag folding ceremony described by the uniformed services is a dramatic and uplifting way to honor the flag on special days, like the retirement of Chief [NAME] for his 23 years of service and contributions to the United States Air Force." Honor Guard and the flag passing detail enter the room to pre-determined position. Honor guard will unfold the flag for the flag folding ceremony NARRATOR: Await cue from the Honor Guard prior to reading the Prelude and Body of flag folding text." Cue: (Begin reading once Detail is in place)

NARRATOR: "THE FLAG FOLDING CEREMONY REPRESENTS THE SAME RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES ON WHICH OUR COUNTRY WAS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED. THE PORTION OF THE FLAG DENOTING HONOR IS THE CANTON OF BLUE CONTAINING THE STARS REPRESENTING THE STATES OUR VETERANS SERVED IN UNIFORM. THE CANTON FIELD OF BLUE DRESSES FROM LEFT TO RIGHT AND IS INVERTED WHEN DRAPED AS A PALL ON A CASKET OF A VETERAN WHO HAS SERVED OUR COUNTRY IN UNIFORM. IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, AT THE CEREMONY OF RETREAT THE FLAG IS LOWERED, FOLDED IN A TRIANGLE FOLD AND KEPT UNDER WATCH THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT AS A TRIBUTE TO OUR NATION'S HONORED DEAD. THE NEXT MORNING IT IS BROUGHT OUT AND, AT THE CEREMONY OF REVEILLE, RUN ALOFT AS A SYMBOL OF OUR BELIEF IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY." (Wait for the Honor Guard to unravel and fold the flag

into a quarter fold--resume reading when Honor Guard is standing ready.) NARRATOR: THE FIRST FOLD OF OUR FLAG IS A SYMBOL OF LIFE. THE SECOND FOLD IS A SYMBOL OF OUR BELIEF IN THE ETERNAL LIFE. THE THIRD FOLD IS MADE IN HONOR AND REMEMBRANCE OF THE VETERAN DEPARTING OUR RANKS WHO GAVE A PORTION OF LIFE FOR THE DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY TO ATTAIN A PEACE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. THE FOURTH FOLD REPRESENTS OUR WEAKER NATURE, FOR AS AMERICAN CITIZENS TRUSTING IN GOD, IT IS TO HIM WE TURN IN TIMES OF PEACE AS WELL AS IN TIMES OF WAR FOR HIS DIVINE GUIDANCE. THE FIFTH FOLD IS A TRIBUTE TO OUR COUNTRY, FOR IN THE WordS OF STEPHEN DECATUR, "OUR COUNTRY, IN DEALING WITH OTHER COUNTRIES, MAY SHE ALWAYS BE RIGHT; BUT IT IS STILL OUR COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG." THE SIXTH FOLD IS FOR WHERE OUR HEARTS LIE. IT IS WITH OUR HEART THAT WE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE United States of America, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THE SEVENTH FOLD IS A TRIBUTE TO OUR ARMED FORCES, FOR IT IS THROUGH THE ARMED FORCES THAT WE PROTECT OUR COUNTRY AND OUR FLAG AGAINST ALL HER ENEMIES, WHETHER THEY BE FOUND WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE BOUNDARIES OF OUR REPUBLIC. THE EIGHTH FOLD IS A TRIBUTE TO THE ONE WHO ENTERED IN TO THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH, THAT WE MIGHT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY, AND TO HONOR MOTHER, FOR WHOM IT FLIES ON MOTHER'S DAY. THE NINTH FOLD IS A TRIBUTE TO WOMANHOOD; FOR IT HAS BEEN THROUGH THEIR FAITH, LOVE, LOYALTY AND DEVOTION THAT THE CHARACTER OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY GREAT HAVE BEEN MOLDED. THE TENTH FOLD IS A TRIBUTE TO FATHER, FOR HE, TOO, HAS GIVEN HIS SONS AND DAUGHTERS FOR THE DEFENSE OF OUR COUNTRY SINCE THEY WERE FIRST BORN. THE ELEVENTH FOLD, IN THE EYES OF A HEBREW CITIZEN, REPRESENTS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE SEAL OF KING DAVID AND King Solomon, AND GLORIFIES, IN THEIR EYES, THE GOD OF ABRAHAM, ISAAC, AND JACOB. THE TWELFTH FOLD, IN THE EYES OF A CHRISTIAN CITIZEN, REPRESENTS AN EMBLEM OF ETERNITY AND GLORIFIES, IN THEIR EYES, GOD THE FATHER, THE SON, AND HOLY GHOST. WHEN THE FLAG IS COMPLETELY FOLDED, THE STARS ARE UPPERMOST, REMINDING US OF OUR NATIONAL MOTTO, "IN GOD WE TRUST." (Wait for the Flag Detail to inspect the

flag--after the inspection, resume reading.) When flag detail raises the flag, the flag passing detail comes to "Attention." NARRATOR: AFTER THE FLAG IS COMPLETELY FOLDED AND TUCKED IN, IT TAKES ON THE APPEARANCE OF A COCKED HAT, EVER REMINDING US OF THE SOLDIERS WHO SERVED UNDER GENERAL George Washington AND THE SAILORS AND MARINES WHO SERVED UNDER CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES WHO WERE FOLLOWED BY THEIR COMRADES AND SHIPMATES IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESERVING FOR US THE RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES, AND FREEDOMS WE ENJOY TODAY.

FLAG PASSING/PRESENTATION CEREMONY

NARRATOR: WE NOW TAKE THE FOLDED FLAG AND SYMBOLICALLY PASS THE FLAG THROUGH THE ENLISTED RANKS COMMEMORATING CHIEF [NAME]'S RISE IN RANK AND RESPONSIBILITY (Cue: Once flag detail has handed flag to AB, begin reading)

NARRATOR: CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT [NAME] BECAME AN AIRMAN BASIC, [date]. flag detail lead hands flag to AB, and then flag detail marches to the back of room.

(Cue: Once flag detail has left, begin reading)

NARRATOR:

LET THE BUGLE BLOW

LET THE MARCH BE PLAYED

WITH A FORMING OF THE TROOPS

FOR MY LAST PARADE