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Does a Drill Rifle Type Matter?

Hypothetical situation (yet common): "Well we use M1 Grands and ours weigh 15lbs." Oh. Really? That would be Garand, named…

12 years ago

“Stand Still Laddy!”

That's a line from Pink Floyd's song, The Wall. And it fits perfectly. Judges: stop moving around the drill pad!…

12 years ago

Does Drill Team Style Matter to Win?

Q: I am the coach of a High school in MA and former captain of the armed drill team. Northeast…

12 years ago

The Drill Meet

What is a Drill Meet? In America, the drill meet, after putting in hours of hard work designing, choreographing, practicing,…

12 years ago

Weapon and Tool Nomenclatures

Nomenclatures The M1 Garand The M14 The M1903A3 The Enfield Rifle The Fire Axe The Pike Pole This information if…

12 years ago

The Left Flank and The Column Left

Keep this image in mind as you read below. Span of Control CT asks: Hello DrillMaster, I would like to…

12 years ago

Military Drill Judging

For decades the only requirement to be qualified to judge a military drill competition was graduation from a service's Basic…

12 years ago

How to Switch Sides During a Column Movement

This will be for XD (Exhibition Drill) and is fairly easy. We need to number each of the elements/squads as…

12 years ago

Why do we Practice the way we do?

Sometimes students have a hard time understanding why it is we spend so much time working on individual skills, when…

12 years ago

Becoming a Professional Driller

Q: How can I become a professional Driller? A: What you are talking about is becoming an Independent (Indie) Driller…

12 years ago

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