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Chapter 1 1

Drills and Ceremonies

Arrival Honor

Ceremonial Parade
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INTRODUCTION
A. DRILL – consist of certain
movements by which a unit or
individual are move in orderly,
uniform manner from one
place to another. Movements
are executed in unison and
with precision.

B. CEREMONIES – are formation

and movements in which a
number of troops execute
movements in unison and with
precision just as in drill;
however, their primary value is
to render honors, and
stimulate esprit de corps.
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DRILL TERMS AND

DEFINITION
1. Alignment – a straight line upon
which several elements or terms
are formed. It is the dressing of
elements upon a straight line. A unit
is aligned when it is dressed.

2. Arms swing – the swinging of

arms must be 6 inches straight to
the front and 3 inches straight to
the rear of the trouser seams, with
knuckles out facing forward and
fingers formed into a fist with the
thumb over the forefinger.
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3. Base – is the element on which a
movement is regulated. For instance, in
executing right front into line, the leading
squad is the base.
4. Cadence – is the uniform rhythm in
which a movement is executed. Drill
movements which are normally executed at
the cadence of quick time.
 Slow time – is the cadence at a rate of
60 counts or steps per minutes. It
usually used during funeral march.
 Quick time – is the cadence of 120
counts or steps per minutes
 Double time – is the cadence of 180
counts or steps per minutes
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Cont’d
5. Center – the middle point or element of
a command. In platoon of three squads in
line, the second from the right is the
center.
6. Column – a formation in which the
elements are placed one behind another.
Ex: A column of files (men placed one

behind another); Column squad

(squads one behind another); and

column platoon (one behind

another).
7. Cover – is a aligning yourself directly
behind the man to your immediate front
while maintaining a correct distance
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8. Depth – is the space from front to
rear of any formation or position. This
includes the front and rear elements.
The depth of a man is assumed to be 12
inches.

9. Distance – is the space when the

elements are one behind the other.

(1) Distance between units varies

with the size of the formation
(2) Distance between the individual
is an arm’s length to the front plus 6
inches measured from the chest of one
man to the back and the man
immediately to his front.
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10. Elements – is an individual, squad,
section, platoon, company, or larger unit
forming as part of the next higher unit.
11. Eyes right – The direction of the face
during the eyes right should be 45 degrees
to the right side.
12. Flank – flank’s right or left of any
formation as sensed by a element within
that formation.
13. File – two men, the front rank man and
the corresponding man of the rear rank.
The front rank man is the leader. A file,
which has no rear rank man, is not a file.
The term file applies also to a single man in
a single rank formation. It is a single
column of men one behind the other.
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14. Formation – is the arrangement of
elements of a unit in line, in column
or any other prescribed manner.

• Line Formation – is a formation in

which the elements are side by
side or abreast of each other,
• Column Formation – is a
formation in which the elements
one behind the other.

Note: To change a line

formation to a column formation, the
command is right face. To change a
column formation to a line the
command is left face.
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15. Front – is the direction in which a
command faces
16. Frontage – the space occupied by
an element measured from one flank to
the opposite flank. The frontage of a
man is assumed to be 22 inches,
measured from the right to the elbow
and therefore does not include 12
inhes between all men in line. The
frontage of a squad, however, includes
the intervals between men.
17. Guide – the man with whom the
command or element thereof regulates
its march.
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18. Head – the leading elements of a
column. To understand this definition,
one must remember that an element is a
file squad, company or larger body
forming a part of still another larger
body.
19. Interval – is the lateral space
between elements on the same line. An
interval is measured between individuals
from shoulder to shoulder, and between
formations, from flank to the flank.
 Normal Interval – is the lateral space
between men measured from right
to left by the men on the right
holding his left arm shoulder high,
finger touching the right shoulder of
the man to his left.
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 Close Interval – is the lateral space
between men measured from right to
left by the man on the right placing
the heel of his left hand on his left
hip even with the belt lane, fingers
and thumb joins and extended
downward with his body and
touching the arm of the man to his
left.
 Double Interval – is the lateral space
between men, measured from right to
left by raising both arms shoulder
high with the fingers extended and
joined (palms down) so that the
fingertips acre touching the
fingertips of the man to the right and
left.
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20. Left/Right – the left/right
extremity or element of a larger
body or troops.
21. Line – a formation in which the
different elements are abreast.
The expression “abreast of each
other” means on the same line.
22. Oblique – an angle between 0
and 45 degrees. (Right/left oblique
– march is at an angle of 45
degrees.
23. Piece – the term piece as used
in this text means the rifle or
automatic rifle.
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24. Post – is the correct place for the
officer to stand in a prescribed
formation.

25. Rank – is a line which is only one

element in depth.

26. Step – is the prescribed distance

measured from heel of a marching
man. A step maybe any prescribed
number of inches. The half step and
back step are 15 inches. The right
step and left step are 12 inches. The
steps in quick and double time are 30
and 36 inches respectively
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