From Thesaurus.com:
Main Entry: bearing
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: person’s conduct, posture
Synonyms: address, air, aspect, attitude, behavior, carriage, comportment, demeanor, deportment, display, front, look, manner, mien, poise, port, pose, presence, set, stand
From m-w.com:
: the manner in which one bears or comports oneself
Now that we know what bearing is, how do we apply it to the military drill world? What made this list? Good questions. These are the things that, if a Driller does not record himself, he may miss completely since he is not aware. Here is the answer of what to keep in mind when drilling going from head to toe, let’s call them Bearing Basics:
Bearing Basics
Military Bearing
Think of Regulation Drill (RD) and how you must look the whole time: You must remain at strict Attention and execute all movements as sharply as possible. But what about when it comes to Exhibition Drill (XD), does one need to have strict military bearing? Well, the answer is, no, one does not have to have a strict military bearing in XD. If so, that would kill certain types of performances. One needs “military flavor,” though.
Military Flavor
There aren’t any hard-and-fast rules about this term; it’s quite ambiguous, but here are some suggestions to help Drillers:
A colleague of mine wrote on her Facebook page about Drillers wearing “church clothes.” I agree, a nice pair of trousers, belt, shirt and tie look silly and if you do not wear any type of headgear, you are not looking at your routine as a whole. Just putting on matching clothes does not work in this case! Your clothing is part of the overall effectiveness of your routine- PAY ATTENTION TO IT!
A Driller needs to experiment with all kinds of different influences for their body/foot movement during their routine. If you rely too heavily on something other than a more military type of movement, you’ve lost the military flavor of your routine.
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