Mountain Rescue Association

International Honor Guard

The MRA Honor Guard is a non-budgeted, charitable service of the Mountain Rescue Association www.mra.org. All members of the Honor Guard volunteer their time and pay their own way for this duty, and are members of an MRA unit in the United States, Canada, or other country. Standard Honor Guard and Color Guard protocols are observed ("Lead With Your Left" by Jay Bishop), with some variations.

Our purpose is

• To honor the people, both rescuers and families, and the history of the Mountain Rescue Association, including at each annual conference in June, and memorials and funerals;
• To honor the public safety community on special occasions, memorials and funerals, including law enforcement, fire service, other SAR brothers and sisters, and climbers and mountaineers who rescue others;
• To promote mountain rescue.

While we did not seek this distinction, we have learned that we are the only Search and Rescue (SAR) Honor Guard unit in existence in the United States.

We would be privileged and honored to serve any SAR unit or family. We do this to show the families and others how much we care about our fellow SAR member and the contributions they make. All we ask is assistance with a spartan place to bunk, and any other travel assistance you can provide. We have traveled from Phoenix to Alaska to New York.

MRA-NASAR Joint Search and Rescue Honor Guard

The MRA has helped NASAR to begin their own Honor Guard. Since we accept no border between brothers and sisters in SAR, as NASAR and MRA we have also formed the "MRA-NASAR Joint SAR Honor Guard". We assist one another with memorial and conference details for the SAR community in the western hemisphere and elsewhere in the world.

Contact the MRA Honor Guard

For information about the MRA Honor Guard, to schedule an event, or make a donation contact: