The DrillMaster Reading List

Over time, I will update this list as needed. For now, educate yourself.

Many of the following manuals are the Resources page.

Service Drill and Ceremonies

• Training Circular 3-21.5, Drill and Ceremonies
• Marine Corps Order 5060.2, Drill and Ceremonies
• Air Force Manual 36-2203, Drill and Ceremonies

Regulation Drill Training (portable lesson plans)

• DrillMaster’s Color Guard Coach’s Field Manual
• DrillMaster’s Platoon, Flight, and Drill Team Coach’s Field Manual

Flag Information

• AR 840-10, Flag, Guidons and Streamers
• MCO 10520.3B, Flag Manual, Nov 2013
• AFTO 00-25-154 AFD-091005-041 Maintenance & Storage of US, AF Flags, Guidons & Streamers
• NTP13b, Flags, Pennants and Customs
• US Flag Code

Protocol

• Dod Directive 1005.8, Order of Precedence of Members of Armed Forces of the United States When in Formations (1977)
  • Memorandum update (2016)
• AFPAM 34-1202, Protocol
• AP 600-60, Army Protocol and Etiquette
• AR 600-25, Salutes, Honors and Visits of Courtesy
• OPNAVINST 1710.7A, Social Usage and Protocol Handbook

Rifles

• FM 23-5, M1 Garand
• TM 9-1275, Maintenance of the M1 (1947, Parts 1-4)

Exhibition Drill

• Exhibition Drill for the Military Drill Team
• Exhibition Drill for the Military Drill Team, Vol II
• Exhibition Drill for the Military Drill Team, Vol III (coming soon)
• Training for Military Drill Teams, Color Guards, and Judges
• The World Drill Association Adjudication Manual
• Continuing Education for the WDA Judge

Ceremonial Drill Category

• The Honor Guard Manual, Second Edition
• The Honor Guard Manual, Vol II (coming soon)

Drill and Ceremonies in History

These are not really necessary, but can give an interesting look at how American drill developed.

• Field Manual 22-5, Drill and Ceremonies
• Air Force Regulation 50-14, Drill and Ceremonies
• FM 22-5, Drill and Ceremonies, 1939
• FM 22-5, Drill and Ceremonies, 1943
• FM 2-5, Cavalry Drill, 1944
• Baron von Steuben’s Revolutionary War Drill Manual: A Facsimile Reprint of the 1794 Edition

Relevant* Military History

• The Last Frigate
• The Drillmaster of Valley Forge

*Relevant to military drill

Health

• You’re Not Sick, You’re Thirsty: Water: For Health, for Healing, for Life, Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj
• Water Cure, Dr. Fereydoon Batmanghelidj
• Fats That Heel, Fats That Kill, Dr. Udo Erasmus
• The Complete Illustrated Guide to Vitamins, Denise Mortimer