Armed Polite Society
Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: Sergeant Bob on November 06, 2014, 08:50:19 PM
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http://rare.us/story/watch-the-u-s-marine-corps-silent-drill-platoon-absolutely-bring-down-the-house/
Do give it a watch! They rawk!
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Is that a lance in charge of the platoon?
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Is that a lance in charge of the platoon?
No. He's a corporal.
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No, that was a corporal.
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I could not really make out the number of stripes there.
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KP for the rst of his life. (And how did that sling get loose?) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9q7b_2tkMo
And you know that there have been some spectacular oopsies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dxTBK7jI1s
stay safe.
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Seeing these videos always reminds me of high school. We weren't allowed to even put a foot on the gym floor in anything other than sneakers or stocking feet, but at one of our basketball games the half-time show was a silent drill team from some service academy. Just like these guys, there was a lot of pounding of M14 (or M1, or 1903) steel-armored butt plates on the gym floor, not to mention patent leather, hard-soled shoes -- and nobody said a thing.
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If you look closely, it looks like there's some kind of butt pad on the rifles to avoid marring the wood floor.
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Wow. I love these demonstrations of precision movements, not only in drill teams, but dancers (like the Rockettes) etc.
This, despite my equal admiration for independence and "what's over the next mountain" out-of-the-box thinking.
Makes me wonder if there's some kind of innate survival potential in our appreciation for acting in unison.
Hmmm.... yeah, I guess there is. But I don't want to touch on the evolutionary implications of "profiling" and "xenophobia."
At least not in today's must-be-politically-correct climate.
Terry
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I spent some time on the USADT. was fun
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I was on our NJROTC drill team for two years. We often drilled in the gym and didn't have butt pads on our 03A3s. Boy howdy, did the coach get pissed.
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Several years ago I was asked to be a judge for JROTC drill teams. One platoon (yes, 4 squads of 13 each + platoon leader - it was a big parochioal school) showed up with horseshoes and toepieces. They were shocked to discover the gym floor was one of those hard rubber plank ones. Made the Silent Drill portion a bit more silent.
stay safe.
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Before repeating arms, acting in unison was survival for militarized. I would love to see one of those old Greek or Roman formations marching into combat.
Wow. I love these demonstrations of precision movements, not only in drill teams, but dancers (like the Rockettes) etc.
This, despite my equal admiration for independence and "what's over the next mountain" out-of-the-box thinking.
Makes me wonder if there's some kind of innate survival potential in our appreciation for acting in unison.
Hmmm.... yeah, I guess there is. But I don't want to touch on the evolutionary implications of "profiling" and "xenophobia."
At least not in today's must-be-politically-correct climate.
Terry