File:1986-Comparison of Commander-in-Chief's Guard uniforms-06(Modern CINC Guard's Redesigned historical uniforms of the Washington's Life Guard during the American Revolutionary War 1776-1783).jpg

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English: Comparison photos of the new and old 18th century-style uniforms for the Commander-in-Chief's Guard, Company A, in 1986. The blue and buff uniforms had been worn by the company since its redesignation in 1973. The change reflected a more historically accurate uniform from the 1784-era.
  • The original Commander-in-Chief's Guard, commonly known as Washington's Life Guard, was a unit of the Continental Army that protected General George Washington during the American Revolutionary War. Formed in 1776, the Guard was with Washington in all of his battles. It was disbanded in 1783 at the end of the war.
  • The mordern-day Commander-in-Chief's Guard – also known as the CINC Guard but officially Company A, 4th Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment – is an infantry unit of the United States Army that also has public duties and riot control missions within the Washington metropolitan area. Posted at Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall in Arlington, VA, it is the nominal continuation of George Washington's bodyguard. The Commander-in-Chief's Guard is designated by the U.S. Army as a "Special Ceremonial Unit" and is part of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, the United States' presidential escort regiment.
Posted at Fort Myer, the CINC Guard is a "Special Ceremonial Unit," a U.S. Army designation for units authorized uniforms other than the Army Service Uniform when executing public duties. Its ceremonial uniform consists of blue greatcoats (close-fitting justacorpse tailcoats with cuffs, lapels and long skirts or tails behind) and white coveralls (white waistcoats, white pants/pantaloons with buttoned front-closure flaps). Cover consists of black tricorn hats and white powdered wigs. It is equipped with muskets modeled on the Brown Bess (a design first developed in 1722 for service with the British Army), instead of the M14 rifle issued to the rest of the regiment for public duties.
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