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DrillMaster at Daytona Nationals 2013

May 11, 2013 in Commentary, Drill Teams

National High School Drill Team Championships 2013

The National High School Drill Team Championships were a big hit yet again! Drillers and teams from all over the country, Guam and Hawaii came to showoff their skills. Some teams left with trophies, others left with great pride in knowing they had done their best.

The picture at left is of me having a long and very good discussion about everything under the sun with a drill team coach. We will be working together in the future in honor guard and drill team endeavors.

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Daytona Nationals 2013 DrillMaster Fans

The two gentlemen in the picture at right (C/Lt Cdr Jacob Lindsey and C/Lt JG Tevion Gray) are from St Louis, Missouri and attend the Cleveland Jr. Naval Academy. What’s remarkable about these two fine cadets is that they are on their school’s drill team and the team was not doing very well at competitions, this is until they bought Exhibition Drill for the Military Drill Team- both volumes. Interestingly, once they read both of my books, according to Cadet Lindsey, they began to have a better understanding as to what exhibition drill was about and the team began to sweep all of their drill meets in SY12/13! Yes, they swept the drill meets. As I constantly say, education is key- and this proves my point!

John Jay High School AFJROTC
Now owns a copy of each one of my books that I had available at my table, all except The DrillMaster: Filling in the Gaps, because I had just published it on the Friday before. MSgt Harwell, stopped by after Step II had a good rehearsal and purchased the books. I had the distinct opportunity to pray for my brother in Christ and I pray that he finds joy and contentment as he moves on in life.

I’m looking forward to seeing you all next year at competitions around the country and then in Daytona!

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Nothing Beats the Feeling of a Job Well Done

May 10, 2013 in Commentary, Drill Team Training, DrillMotivation

Nothing Beats the Feeling of a Job Well Done

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A Job Well Done

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The DrillMaster Education and Training System: Continuing Education for the WDA Visual Adjudicator

May 10, 2013 in Commentary, Drill Team Training, Drill Teams, DrillMaster Products

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The DrillMaster Education and Training System: Drill Team Judge Training- Continuing Education for the WDA Visual Adjudicator

DrillMaster’s third book for the military drill world. The World Drill Association aims to train the Driller and the judge offering intense training in this modern adjudication system that offers true and accurate ranking, rating and feedback for competitors, improving the competition experience for all involved. This book is an adaptation for the WDA of four papers written for Winter Guard International and Drum Corps International: So, You Want to be a Judge (Shirlee Whitcombe) and, The Process of Assigning Scores; The Principle and Process of Achievement; and lastly, Accountability (George Oliviero). It also contains home studies for each caption. Shirlee and George have been my judge mentors for many years now.

Click here to learn more about the WDA Adjudication (Judging) System.

The Table of Contents

THE PRIMER: SO, YOU WANT TO BE A JUDGE. 7

Forward. 8

THE EVOLUTION OF THE SCORING SYSTEM.. 9

OVERALL EFFECT (OE) 10

COMPOSITION ANALYSIS (CA) 10

MOVEMENT/MARCHING (MV/MA) 11

EQUIPMENT (EQ) 11

THE JOB AND THE DUTIES OF THE JUDGE. 12

STEPS TO BECOME A JUDGE. 13

OVERALL EFFECT. 17

COMPOSITION ANALYSIS. 17

INDIVIDUAL ANALYSIS: EQUIPMENT AND MOVEMENT/MARCHING.. 19

ASSESSING YOUR BACKGROUND AND INTEREST RELATIVE TO JOB OPPORTUNITIES. 19

YOUR TRAINING PROGRAM TIME LINE INVOLVED. 20

HOME STUDY COURSES & COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING.. 20

THE JUDGE AND THE LOCAL ASSOCIATION.. 21

SUCCESS: COMMUNICATION SKILLS & UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE. 21

THE RECOGNITION PROCESS. 24

APPLYING YOUR SKILLS IN FULL COMMENTARY: 28

RECORD KEEPING.. 33

PROFESSIONALISM.. 34

FRIENDSHIPS, PERCEPTION AND OTHER OUTSIDE INFLUENCES. 35

ETHICS, AFFILIATION, PERCEPTION.. 36

HOW TO PREPARE FOR THE CONTEST EXPERIENCE. 38

THE CRITIQUE. 40

PROBLEM SOLVING AND GETTING HELP. 43

PAPER I: THE PROCESS OF ASSIGNING SCORES. 45

Numbers Management. 46

THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF SCORING: 47

THE SECOND PRINCIPLE OF SCORING: 50

THE THIRD PRINCIPLE OF SCORING: 54

THE FOURTH PRINCIPLE OF SCORING: 55

THE FIFTH PRINCIPLE OF SCORING: 58

PAPER II: ACCOUNTABILITY. 69

JUDGE ACCOUNTABILITY. 70

THE SCORE SHEET. 70

THE SYSTEM.. 71

INTERNAL. 71

OTHER JUDGES. 72

PAPER III: THE PRINCIPLE AND PROCESS OF ACHIEVEMENT. 75

THE VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF ACHIEVEMENT. 79

CHARTING THE DELINEATED SCALES. 81

THE “WHAT”. 82

THE “HOW”. 83

ACHIEVEMENT. 84

VARIATIONS OF ACHIEVEMENT. 85

WHEN THE “WHAT” EQUALS THE “HOW”. 87

THE IMPORTANCE OF CONTENT TO ACHIEVEMENT. 88

READABILITY. 89

SUBSTANTIVE CONTENT AND READABILITY. 90

UNEQUAL “WHAT” AND “HOW”. 91

CONCLUSION.. 93

WORLD DRILL ASSOCIATION HOME STUDIES. 94

OVERALL EFFECT HOME STUDY. 94

COMPOSITION ANALYSIS HOME STUDY. 100

Individual Analysis- Equipment Home Study. 106

Individual Analysis- Movement Home Study 112

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The DrillMaster Education and Training System: The World Drill Association Adjudication Manual

May 10, 2013 in Drill Team Training, Drill Teams, DrillMaster Products

Drill Team Training: World Drill Association Manual and Rule Book

The only System for Judging all Types of Military Drill: World Drill Association Manual and Rule Book

The DrillMaster Education and Training System: The World Drill Association Adjudication Manual
The definitive manual on judging and running the modern drill competition (civilian, JROTC, ROTC and service Honor Guards) at all levels. Taking you through the modern judging process, the reader is exposed to the world of judging pageantry arts in the four visual captions. A must for all Drillers, instructors and judges.

Learn what a score actually means! The WDA Adjudication Manual groups scores into “boxes” and gives you a description for each box! If you have marching experience, build on it so that you know how to rank and rate performances.

Click here to learn more about the WDA Adjudication (Judging) System.

The Table of Contents
WDA HISTORY. 11

WDA JUNIOR CLASS. 12

WDA A-CLASS. 13

WDA OPEN CLASS. 13

WDA WORLD CLASS. 13

WDA CEREMONIAL CLASS. 13

PERFORMANCE RULES. 14

COMPETITION ELEMENTS. 23

LOCAL, STATE, REGIONAL (of the US & other COUNTRIES) & WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. 25

Spiel/Info Sheet. 27

SECTION I: ADJUDICATION MANUAL: GENERAL INFORMATION.. 28

INTRODUCTION.. 28

PHILOSOPHIES. 31

A GUIDE TO JUDGING THE WDA CLASSES. 35

A GUIDE TO JUDGING WDA JUNIOR CLASS. 35

A GUIDE TO JUDGING WDA A-CLASS. 35

A GUIDE TO JUDGING WDA OPEN CLASS. 36

A GUIDE TO JUDGING WDA WORLD CLASS. 36

A GUIDE TO JUDGING WDA CEREMONIAL CLASS. 37

INSTRUCTOR/COACH CODE OF CONDUCT. 37

JUDGE’S CODE OF ETHICS. 37

JUDGES’ GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS. 38

APPLICATION OF THE CRITERIA REFERENCE SYSTEM.. 49

DERIVED ACHIEVEMENT. 54

THE WDA JUDGING SYSTEM.. 54

SCORING OBSERVATIONS. 56

CRITIQUES. 56

INSTRUCTOR RECOURSE AT COMPETITIONS. 56

INSTRUCTOR’S EVALUATION FORM.. 58

A GUIDE TO TIMING AND PENALTIES JUDGING.. 59

Section II: ADJUDICATION MANUAL: EXHIBITION DRILL. 61

OVERALL EFFECT RUBRICS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. 62

JUDGING JUNIOR CLASS OVERALL EFFECT. 69

JUDGING A-CLASS OVERALL EFFECT. 72

JUDGING OPEN CLASS OVERALL EFFECT. 75

JUDGING WORLD CLASS OVERALL EFFECT. 78

COMPOSITION ANALYSIS RUBRICS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. 82

JUDGING JUNIOR CLASS COMPOSITION ANALYSIS. 87

JUDGING A-CLASS COMPOSITION ANALYSIS. 91

JUDGING OPEN CLASS COMPOSITION ANALYSIS. 95

JUDGING WORLD CLASS COMPOSITION ANALYSIS. 100

EQUIPMENT AND MOVEMENT RUBRICS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. 104

EQUIPMENT & MOVEMENT RUBRICS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. 115

JUDGING JUNIOR CLASS EQUIPMENT & MOVEMENT. 125

JUDGING A-CLASS EQUIPMENT & MOVEMENT. 128

JUDGING OPEN CLASS EQUIPMENT & MOVEMENT. 131

JUDGING WORLD CLASS EQUIPMENT & MOVEMENT. 135

Section III: ADJUDICATION MANUAL: REGULATION DRILL. 139

A GUIDE TO JUDGING REGULATION DRILL. 139

INSPECTION.. 141

TEAM REGULATION SEQUENCES. 142

COLOR GUARD REGULATION SEQUENCES. 147

EMERGENCY SERVICE HONOR GUARDS. 153

ALL REGULATION DRILL RUBRICS AND PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. 156

JUDGING REGULATION DRILL: OVERALL EFFECT RUBRICS. 156

JUDGING REGULATION DRILL: COMPOSITION ANALYSIS RUBRICS. 162

JUDGING REGULATION DRILL: EQUIPMENT RUBRICS. 169

JUDGING REGULATION DRILL: MOVEMENT RUBRICS. 178

CEREMONIAL CLASS RUBRIC. 188

CEREMONIAL CLASS INFORMATION.. 190

ADJUDICATION SHEETS. 191

ADJUDICATION: EXHIBITION DRILL. 192

ADJUDICATION: REGULATION DRILL. 202

ADJUDICATION: REGULATION DRILL: COLOR GUARD. 214

ADJUDICATION: CEREMONIAL CLASS MOCK FUNERAL. 218

ADJUDICATION: INSPECTION.. 220

TABULATION SHEETS: COMPETITION SUMMARIES. 222

ADJUDICATION: TOTE SHEETS. 228

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What do judges look for in a military drill team performance?

May 10, 2013 in Commentary, Drill Team Training, Drill Teams

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NYDC, the New York Drill Competition 2010

What do judges look for in a military drill team performance?
I get this question quite often. Here is the answer: it doesn’t matter “what the judge is looking for,” it matters what the standard is. I put that in quotes, because obviously, a judge is going to be looking for something, but what that something is has nothing to do with the judge, it has everything to do with the standard.

Regulation Drill (RD)
In RD, the standard is already written out for us: each service has a drill and ceremonies manual that explains what we need to know. However, as I’ve said before, the D&C manuals do not go into great detail, because they don’t need to. Drill in the military is only for moving troops from Point A to Point B, except in certain circumstances (military parades, honor guard, etc.).

Exhibition Drill (XD)
In XD, we don’t have anything provided by the military services; there is no military manual. There is guidance, however! My books are the only published resources available, taking you from building a solid educational foundation to creating effective routines and then even how to judge performances with this judging based on visual adjudication.

So, the judges do “look for something,” and unless the competition uses the World Drill Association Adjudication System, you don’t know what that is because of the sheer subjectivity of each untrained judge. What’s the answer then? Your instructors, coaches and drill team(s) should study and become knowledgeable of what The DrillMaster Education System has to offer. Make this part of your drill team’s curriculum, ingrain the information so that whatever you do, whatever judge you’re in front of, you KNOW that you’ve done all you can in educating and training yourself and your teammates.

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JROTC Class Regulation Drill Sequences

May 9, 2013 in Drill Teams, Instructional, Judging

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JROTC Class Regulation Drill Sequences
Each JROTC has an annual inspection and for that inspection the inspector watches each class (platoon or flight) go through a sequence of commands. Some JROTC units use a standardized sequence from a drill competition and some use a sequence created for first-year JROTC cadets.

I decided to create score sheets for the latter based on the World Drill Association Adjudication system.

Army JROTC Squad Drill Overall Effect Score Sheet

Navy/Marine Corps/Coast Guard JROTC Overall Effect Score Sheet*

Air Force Overall Effect Score Sheet

JROTC Regulation Drill Sequence Movement Score Sheet

JROTC Regulation Drill Sequence Equipment Score Sheet

*I could not find any kind of sequence that is mandatory for NJROTC/MCJROTC, but I did find an annual inspection letter with some guidance, so I included that here.

If you desire to use any of these score sheets for your unit, please do so, you have my permission. You may not make changes to the sheets, however. To learn more about the World Drill Association Adjudication System, click here. If you’d like any changes to be made or want a set of score sheets made for your unit/competition, please don’t hesitate to let me know!

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The DrillMaster Education and Training System: Exhibition Drill for the Military Drill Team

May 7, 2013 in Drill Team Training, Drill Teams, DrillMaster Products

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The First Book for Drill Team Training: XD Cover 2AExhibition Drill for the Military Drill Team

The DrillMaster Education and Training System: Drill Team Training- Exhibition Drill for the Military Drill Team
The first book for the military drill world specifically for drill team training. Whether you are starting from scratch or already have an established team, there is something for everyone to learn in this book.

For the beginner, you learn the basics and begin creating a routine right away. For the more advanced drill team, revisiting the basics is always a good thing, but you can also learn drill writing techniques and more.

A review by former World-Class Driller, Matthew Wendling: “An absolutely essential read for anyone with a passion for military drill! Anyone with an interest in improving their drill team’s performance needs to take a close look at the principles and techniques outlined in Mr. Marshall’s revolutionary text. His vast amount of experience in pageantry, and military drill in specific, will be a valuable asset to anyone seeking to take their routines to the next level. Without a doubt, Exhibition Drill for the Military Drill Team will form the core of a new canon in drill performance theory. But more than that, this book will teach readers how to apply this knowledge to create stunning routines that will wow the judges!”

The Table of Contents
Chapter 1 PARADE DRILL. 12

Beta. 13

MAO.. 15

MAO Recovery Suggestion. 17

Freeze-Frame. 18

Bart’s Move. 19

Alpha. 20

Eagle Salute. 21

Blackout 22

Delta. 23

Echo. 24

Shogun. 25

Chapter 2 EXHIBITION DRILL. 26

Big Bang. 27

Omega. 28

Omega Recovery. 30

King’s Move. 31

King’s Move Recovery (Suggestion) 33

Windmill 34

Boxes. 37

Wagon Wheel 38

Razzle-Dazzle. 39

Bravo. 40

Winds. 41

Crazy Eights. 42

Chapter 3 IDEAS AND SUGGESTIONS. 44

Ideas and Suggestions. 45

To Get Into a Straight Line. 46

Presidential Honor Guard Facing Movements. 47

Chapter 4 MARCHING, FORCE AND BALANCE PRINCIPLES. 50

How to March Properly. 51

Proper Step Technique. 52

First Step. 53

Laban Movement Analysis. 54

Movement 56

Chapter 5 JUDGING AND CRITIQUING.. 58

The What and The How.. 59

Sample Scoring Criteria. 60

Chapter 6 DRILL AND CEREMONIES. 62

The Open Ranks Inspection (USAF) 63

The Command Voice. 69

The Face-In-Marching. 71

How To Flank. 71

Chapter 7 HOW TO CREATE A ROUTINE. 74

Considerations. 75

Routine mapping. 76

Sample Routine Mapping Tool 77

Chapter 8 SAMPLE DRILL MEET SCORE SHEETS. 82

Chapter 9 THE DRILLMASTER’S CREED 89

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Astronaut High School Drill Meet 2013 Performance Critiques

February 3, 2013 in DrillCenter News, Judging

MIHS Astronaut Meet 2013 My critiques for each of the female performances (squad and platoon, RD and XD) at the first annual Astronaut High School Drill Meet. Click the titles for each school and the audio file should begin to download for you.

Congratulations to all of the schools that participated! And a big thank you to all of the judges: local Army recruiters, Florida Institute of Technology cadets and Merchant Marine/Navy Reserve Ensign Nick Sottile!

Picture of Merritt Island cadets after the competition, courtesy of one of the parents.

1. Astronaut1 Female Armed Squad

2. MIHS Kemm Female Armed Squad

3. Astronaut Southwick Female Armed Squad

4. Cocoa Female Unarmed Squad

5. Astronaut Johnson Female Unarmed Squad

6. MIHS Wick Female Unarmed Squad

7. Astronaut Gafford Female Unarmed Squad

8. MIHS McGill Female Armed Exhibition Squad

9. Astronaut Cox Female Armed Platoon

10. MIHS McCarthy Female Armed Platoon

11. MIHS Esperon Female Unarmed Platoon

12. Astronaut Hicks Female Unarmed Platoon

Unfortunately, my digital voice recorder ran out of space for the last two performances- my apologies, that’s never happened to me before- learning experience.

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How to Switch from Regualtion Drill to Exhibition Drill

January 22, 2013 in Drill Teams, Instructional, Judging

A short time ago a student friend of mine sent me a video of his armed solo performance asking for feedback (I give real-time audio feedback on performances of Drillers and teams in the WDA Adjudication System: Overall Effect, Composition Analysis, Marching & Equipment- usually a combined critique of a little from each caption). To preface the video, he told me that the first part, which was about 2 minutes or so, was Regulation Drill (RD)- the manual of arms. After that, he was able to begin his exhibition solo. Having to execute the manual of arms and then moving into your XD routine is fairly common across the US. I noticed somehting very specific that was not a good thing: no change in style from his mandatory RD sequence to his XD sequence. But, why would this be a bad thing?

My friend executed the manual of arms in a professional manner, but each movement looked like how the whole team executes each of those movements with the “flare” and “cool” that you’d expect from a good XD performance.

Why no Change between RD and XD is Bad
When it comes to XD, one can pretty much do whatever one wants. However, the manual of arms is explained very plainly in each service’s drill and ceremonies manual (the USAF defaults to the Army’s manual). RD movement is not up for debate (there are slight questions that arise from time-to-time, but nothing major) and “flare” or “cool” is not allowed at all. You must execute RD movement as per the manual. No “ands,” “ifs” or “buts.” And this goes for colors*. We should all understand this.

“Well, that the way we do it here”
Fine! For XD, that is. However, it is not fine for RD. No excuses.

Develop a Strategy
Think of going from RD to XD and back as a change in your performance sequence. When you are performing your XD sequence there may be a certain time or times that you have to change your style for marching, body movement or equipment work to create varied effects- continue that. Look at RD as moving into another part of the performance. Some teams have what they call “Standard Port” and “Exhibition Port” referring to how the team is to hold the rifle at Port Arms at different times. This is part of what I’m talking about. It’s a mindset: “It’s XD time” or “It’s RD time” and I need to do XYZ.

Speaking of Colors
It’s very frustrating to see a color team perform their sequence incorporating XD-like movements. There is no reason to have any color team execute any movement that is not explained in its service’s manual. Period. You know how to execute Right Shoulder or Sling Arms because it’s right there in black and white. Oh, you don’t know or you’ve been relying on other cadets to tell you how to perform movements? Why haven’t you cracked open the manual to read about it for yourself? Why aren’t YOU educated?

USAF photo

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Regulation Drill: What I would like to see

November 2, 2012 in Commentary, Drill Teams

Ultimately, I’d love to see Open Regulation Drill and Open Color Guard, both from the World Drill Association, incorporated in any drill meet that would want to take on this awesome and exciting replacement to the standard RD and CG phases.

For now, though I’d like to see more moves that are listed in the drill and ceremonies manuals actually used in competition. It gives the cadets more to work on and broadens their movement vocabulary.

The Unarmed Regulation Drill Sequence

Fall In (grading and timing begin)
Forward
Change Step
Halt
Present Arms
Report-in
Order Arms
Open Ranks (go through the motions of checking alignment, only)
Ready Front (cover)
Close Ranks
Parade Rest
About Face
Left Face
Close (Close Interval)
Extend (Extend Interval)
Column of Files From The Right, Column Right
Halt
Right Face
Left Flank
Halt
Right Step
Halt
Column of Fours (threes)
To The Rear
To The Rear
Double Time
Column Right
Quick Time
Close
Extend
Halt
Left Step
Halt
To The Rear
Mark Time
Forward
To The Rear
Eyes Right
Column Half Right
Column Half Left
Column Right
Right Flank
Left Flank
Column Left
Column Right
Column Right
Halt
Present Arms
Report Out
Order Arms
Right Face
Half Step
Forward
Halt (out of bounds)
Left Face
Fall Out (grading and timing end)

Next, here is what I’d like to see in the Colors phase. Why? Because it gives the cadets useful movements that colors teams in the military actually perform! I’m not saying that the current sequence(s) are completely useless (close), they do need immediate updating.

For Color Team Regulation Drill

Fall In (about 15 feet from the Head Judge facing the drill pad, in column formation, grading and timing begin)
Port Arms
Forward
Guide around to the left (a “soft Column Left”) to end up centered on the judge, team picks up Mark Time
Colors Turn-On
Present Arms
Order Arms
Stand at Ease (Army- Parade Rest)
Attention
(Uncase Colors Sequence*)
Right Shoulder
Right Wheel
Forward
Right Wheel
Eyes Right
Halt
Port Arms
Move into single-file column with Right Rifle Guard leading
Ripple to Right Shoulder
Reform into Line Formation
Left Wheel
Forward
About Wheel
Forward
Halt
Colors Turn-Off
March to centered on Head Judge
Colors Turn-On
Present Arms
Report-Out
Order Arms
(Case Colors Sequence*)
Step (for departure)
Colors Fall Out March (out of bounds, grading and timing end)

*Uncasing and casing the colors is not performed in the military all that much anymore, if at all. Usually, the installation honor guard takes care of the colors and these two sequences are not used for honor guards. The uncasing and casing of the colors is accomplished out of site of the public. I’d like to see it removed from the competition sequence so that the cadets can concentrate on movements they can actually use.

Top Photo: USCG HG. Bottom Photo: USAF, Hanscom AFBHG (at the installation level, officers can be a member of a Color Team)

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DrillMaster at Daytona Nationals 2013

Nothing Beats the Feeling of a Job Well Done

The DrillMaster Education and Training System: Continuing Education for the WDA Visual Adjudicator

The DrillMaster Education and Training System: The World Drill Association Adjudication Manual

What do judges look for in a military drill team performance?

JROTC Class Regulation Drill Sequences

The DrillMaster Education and Training System: Exhibition Drill for the Military Drill Team

Astronaut High School Drill Meet 2013 Performance Critiques

How to Switch from Regualtion Drill to Exhibition Drill

Regulation Drill: What I would like to see

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