SILENT MARINE DRILL

rookie09

check out these marines in some precise drill movements!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y90UPLLo6nY&feature=related

punchdrunk

...that sure is alot of federal dollars spent on training some world class majorettes


it's such a shame that the DF didn't keep some Lee Enfields for ceremonial work,the Steyr doesn't cut it

newmug

Its not that hot TBH.

source

I reckon the Norwegians are way better at drill. HMKG are one of the best drill platoons I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp7ywsgtcuw

00MARTZ00

i know this isnt actually military marching but i think its still pretty impressive
http://www.break.com/index/walking-with-precision

rookie09

foinse wrote: »

I reckon the Norwegians are way better at drill. HMKG are one of the best drill platoons I've ever seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cp7ywsgtcuw

Are you for real!they can do some about turns and change arms,big whoop!

The marines are a different class.

muletide

Nothing to see here. This is no different to dance choreography. Just learn 60 seconds of movements.

Not impressed at all

muletide

Nothing to see here. This is no different to dance choreography. Just learn 60 seconds of movements.

Not impressed at all

rookie09

punchdrunk wrote: »

...that sure is alot of federal dollars spent on training some world class majorettes


it's such a shame that the DF didn't keep some Lee Enfields for ceremonial work,the Steyr doesn't cut it

Most of these majorettes have served at least one tour in Iraq or A'stan..

Yeah your right the IDF drill is pretty lame!maybe they should stop using the rifle strap attached to it, when doing drill.

rookie09

muletide wrote: »

Nothing to see here. This is no different to dance choreography. Just learn 60 seconds of movements.

Not impressed at all

dance choreography..

go back asleep!

Stovepipe

Hi there,
If you've spent longer than 5 seconds in the Irish defence forces, you will be heartily fed up with endless hours. lost forever, spent on the square doing foot drill or arms drill or funeral drill and all that ****e, which is why the DF has no dedicated arms drill team.It's a serious waste of time and effort and I'm very glad I never have to do it again.The only exception is for funerals and commemorations.
regards
Stovepipe

Local-womanizer

Stovepipe wrote: »

Hi there,
If you've spent longer than 5 seconds in the Irish defence forces, you will be heartily fed up with endless hours. lost forever, spent on the square doing foot drill or arms drill or funeral drill and all that ****e, which is why the DF has no dedicated arms drill team.It's a serious waste of time and effort and I'm very glad I never have to do it again.The only exception is for funerals and commemorations.
regards
Stovepipe

+1

Its grand for an organisation the size of the Marines to dedicate so much time to this (which I think is amazing) but if the DF started to waste time and resources on an already limited and hard hit force then questions would have to be asked!

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rookie09 wrote: »

Are you for real!they can do some about turns and change arms,big whoop!

The marines are a different class.

Everyone has an infatuation with USMC ever since the silent drill at the start of "A Few Good Men", Yes they are a good drill team....But they are not as everybody believes, the best.

I've had the pleasure of being to a number of tattoos in Edinburgh. And have seen a great many drill teams live. In my experience I reckon that the HMKG are one of the best drill teams I have ever seen.

Their display is made even more impressive when you learn that every member on the esplanade in the video I posted are conscripts doing 2 years national service. They don't spend a career doing silent drill like the USMC do.

I'd even rate the US Army's 3rd infantry (The Old Guard) over the USMC drill team. Their drill at the tomb of the unknown soldier is legendary.

I think you're mistaking great silent drill, which is a precise movement of complex drill without voice command. With the baton twirling majorette style of arms drill that the USMC do very well. But they are not the only ones out there doing it, and they're definitely not the best at it.

mgmt

I watched a documentary about the Irish cadets doing drills for JFK, you should have a gander.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eepw4Obeyc

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mgmt wrote: »

I watched a documentary about the Irish cadets doing drills for JFK, you should have a gander.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eepw4Obeyc

JFK was so impressed with the Cadet class that they were requested to perform our funeral drill at his grave side...the only time a foreign military took the honour.

That's a great documentary, saw it a few months ago.

Norwayviking

rookie09 wrote: »

Are you for real!they can do some about turns and change arms,big whoop!

The marines are a different class.

Offcourse the marines are a different class,they are proffesionals.
HMKG is conscripts in their yearly compulsory service.
And the best year so far was the 2004 guards.
And the HMKG isnt just based on silent drill,its a combination of march,music and silent drill.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gS7iq3S1ME

cyrusdvirus

rookie09 wrote: »

Most of these majorettes have served at least one tour in Iraq or A'stan..

Yeah your right the IDF drill is pretty lame!maybe they should stop using the rifle strap attached to it, when doing drill.

Why are we talking about the Israeli Defence Forces?