The Guardsman -- Although shocked, nobody batted an eyelid when an officer of Coldstream Guards collapsed during a rehearsal of Trooping the Color. The officer was later punished with 28 days piquet duty. A guardsman also fainted at the same rehearsal. Usual punishment for a ranker is from three to eight days confined to barracks. Recurring cases of strong healthy guardsman fainting on parade is worrying army HQ. Leading doctors, dietitians and scientists have been co-opted to solve the fainting