A few weeks back, I wrote about how to deal with individuals who have a poor attitude after being asked by a cadet who is in JROTC. As I promised, here are the four temperament types for you to help deal with situations in your unit. Why learn about other people’s temperaments? To help you deal with them when they …
What is “Audience Engagement”?
What is it that makes a routine grab the audience by the eyeballs and yell at them, “Don’t miss this or you’ll regret it!” Audience engagement, my friends, audience engagement. What is it and how do you get some? Read on: You can look up the term “audience engagement” and get all kinds of results for performing arts groups (I’m …
Why The WDA Adjducation System?
Why should a drill meet use the WDA Adjudication System? It’s the only complete adjudication system that is specifically geared toward military drill. It is based around a written standard from two books: The World Drill Association Adjudication System and Rule Book and Continuing Education For The WDA Adjudicator. It took just over two years to develop from a sister …
The DrillMaster Smartphone App is Here!
Announcing the DrillMaster smartphone app! Now, you can stay up-to-date on Drillmaster articles and follow the happenings on the official Facebook and Twitter pages! Much more is in store for The DrillMaster as an organization so that will naturally flow into updates for the app. Stay tuned! Get it here.
How’s your recovery?
During a performance anything can happen. If you haven’t yet, read, Learning to Drop and then come back here. Also, read these: Appreciating Creative Ability, “Military Flavor.” and especially, Regarding a Driller’s Bearing. Military bearing is one of the keys to a good performance, this cannot be emphasized enough and it has much to do with your recovery. Recovery A return …
Installation Honor Guard Programs
You will never see an individual who does not meet the height requirement on a service drill team (there are so few exceptions, it’s not worth going into detail). Also, you will never see an officer on a service honor guard color team or as a member of the service’s drill team. The only way an officer is part of …
Developing Balance
If you had to do only one thing to improve your performance, what do you think it would be? Balance Balance is the equal distribution of weight. When you perform, through each movement that you execute, you need to have that equal distribution of weight- or at least the appearance of it. Take a dance class or start doing exercises …
A Bucket of Crabs and the Military Drill World
Crab mentality, sometimes referred to as crabs in the bucket, describes a way of thinking best described by the phrase “if I can’t have it, neither can you.” The metaphor refers to a bucket of crabs. Individually, the crabs could easily escape from the bucket, but instead, they grab at at any one of the crabs who might be able …
How to Join a Service Honor Guard/Drill Team
FYI: Service honor guards are made up of all kinds of different members from all kinds of different military specialties. While the honor guard may have a specialty code (MOS/AFSC), the member’s “real” job is what that Soldier, Marine, Sailor, Airman or Coastie will eventually go back to, unless he/she decides to retrain. If the individual went directly from …
Honor Guard Epitome of Standard During CSAF Transition
by Senior Airman Lindsey A. Porter 11th Wing Public Affairs 8/10/2012 – JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. — Don’t move. Don’t move a single muscle. Hours of drill and ceremony, dress rehearsal and uniform preparation have all come down to this. Don’t move. All eyes are on you. Standing sharp, crisp and motionless, in full U.S. Air Force Honor Guard service dress, you know …