In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15th as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as Police Week. Currently, tens of thousands of law enforcement officers from around the world converge on Washington, DC to participate in a number of planned events which honor those that have paid the …
The Fred Hill Briefcase Drill Team
Yes, readers, what you’ve been waiting for, The Fred Hill Briefcase Drill Team. 2014’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade is their last performance! Click here to watch a great news story about how it all began. They marched in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade since 1985, this is the best video I could find of them. Mr. Hill, I’d like to …
Russian SKS used at Military Funerals?
Who could imagine the sound of enemy fire would signal the last rites for our honored dead? In what may be among the most ironic acts of official neglect and insensitivity of the past seven decades, the Russian SKS rifle is now used in ceremonial service by some honor guards as the last sound our Native American veterans and their …
Merritt Island AJROTC Color Team and Space Shuttle Atlantis
This is a picture of “my” students from Merritt Island High School AJROTC escorting the Space Shuttle Atlantis to it’s final stop at the Cape here in Florida. What an honor for the cadets! The Crawler, the machine that carries the Shuttle, moves so slowly that the color team and the band had to march extremely slowly. Quite a difficult …
The First Recording of Rifle Exhibition Drill
DrillMaster shares Thomas Edison’s video of an Arabian man spinning a rifle.
A DrillMaster iDrill Rifle Review!
Here is Cadet Yeattes and the two DrillMaster iDrill Rifles he made: [embedplusvideo height=”470″ width=”591″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/wq9K7A5Neds?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=wq9K7A5Neds&width=591&height=470&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep2500″ /]
Military Order of Precedence
DrillMaster shares this plain and simple information of joint service order
Bells Across America
Bells have a storied history in the fire service. They’ve been used to alert crews to calls, mark the start and end of a shift and announce when a firefighter has answered their final alarm. In keeping with that tradition, bells and alarms across the nation will once again sound on Sunday, Oct. 7 as a tribute to firefighters who’ve …
Old Western Scrounger Cheap M1903A3 Rifles!
If you have wanted a rifle to drill with and have $25 plus shipping, You have to head over to http://www.ows-ammo.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=25&products_id=707 Regarding this rifle, my recommendation is that you can’t find a 1903 barrel and receiver (the main metal part) for $25. A Driller could build a less expensive rifle by buying one of these and adding a BFR or …
The Coast Guard’s Junior Leadership Program
The USCG has a JROTC-like program called the Junior Leadership Program. Here is their recruiting video: [embedplusvideo height=”360″ width=”591″ standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/UdNHhtTQZ6U?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=UdNHhtTQZ6U&width=591&height=360&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=¬es=” id=”ep9937″ /]