It’s a two-way street- respect must be in the conversation and ego needs to go away.
Honor Guard and Drill Team Shoes
DrillMaster explains what a drill team and honor guard members need in the way of footwear and how to care for your shoes and boots.
Manual of the Ceremonial Fire Axe
DrillMaster gives an example of the national standard for the ceremonial fire axe manual of arms.
“Flag Flip”
“Flag Flip” is something that is a bit difficult to explain so, I made a short video.
“Detail” and its Connotation
DrillMaster shares his view of keeping the professionalism in an honor guard unit
All About The Flag and Color
This article used to be All About Flag Sizes that I wrote back in 2013 but I felt it needed expanding. Nomenclatures The Outside Flag The Indoor-Outdoor Color Fringe See also: To Fringe or Not to Fringe, That is the Question and Flag, Fringe, and Finial Theory. A flag does not have fringe when it is flown from a stationary …
The Pallbearer Deck
DrillMaster explains how to create a pallbearer deck to ensure safety of the pallbearers as they step up to place the casket on or retrieve it from the hose bed of an apparatus.
Posting Other Organization’s Colors
The DrillMaster explains how to honor the colors and every local organization that asks for colors support and still stay within standards.
The Why of the Military Color Guard – Marine Corps, Navy, & Coast Guard
Third in the series: DrillMaster explains the reasoning behind color guard standards for the Marine Corps, Navy, and Coast Guard.
The Flagstaff Spade Marker
When we stand at Order, Parade Rest (Stand at Ease), and Carry (Right Shoulder), the spade should be flat to the front. In order to do this, for many years, we (older guys) would use thumbtacks that we could feel with our fingers with the staff on the deck and/or see when carried.