DRILL CPL 0102

MARINE NCO SWORD MANUAL

PURPOSE OF CLOSE ORDER DRILL * MOVE THE UNIT FROM ONE PLACE TO ANOTHER. * PROVIDE SIMPLE FORMATIONS FROM WHICH COMBAT FORMATIONSMAY BE READILY ASSUMED. * TEACH DISSIPLINE BY INSTILLING HABBITS OF PRECISION AND AUTOMATIC RESPONSE TO ORDERS. * INCREASE THE CONFIDENCE OF JUNIOR NCO’S. * THE OPPORTUNITY TO HANDLE INDIVIDUAL WEAPONS.

DRILL TERMS ELEMENT: INDIVIDUAL, SQUAD, PLATOON, COMPANY OR LARGER. FORMATION: AN ARRANGEMENT OF ELEMENTS ON LINE, IN COLUMN. LINE: THE ELEMENTS ARE STANDING ABREAST AND THE SQUADS ARE ONE BEHIND THE OTHER. RANK: A LINE OF MARINES OR VEHICLES PLACED SIDE BY SIDE. COLUMN: A FORMATION IS PLACED ONE BEHIND THE OTHER, AND THE SQUADS ARE ABREAST.

FILE: SINGLE COLUMN OF MARINES. FLANK: RIGHT OR LEFT EXTREMITY EITHER ON LINE OR IN COLUMN. DEPTH: THE DEPTH OF A MAN IS CONSIDERED TO BE 12 INCHES. FRONT: THE FRONT OF A UNIT, OR A SINGLE MARINE IS CONSIDERED TO BE 22 INCHES. DISTANCE: 40 INCHES BACK TO CHEST. INTERVAL: NORMAL & CLOSE

ALIGNMENT:THE DRESSING OF SEVERAL ELEMENTS ON ONE LINE. BASE: THE ELEMENT ON WITCH THE MOVEMENT IS REGULATED. GUIDE: WHOM A FORMATION REGULATES ITS MARCH, INTERVAL, DIRECTION ALIMENTAND CADANCE ON. POINT OF DRESS :FINDING ALINGNMENT LEFT RIGHT OR CENTER. CENTER: THE GUIDE WILL BE COUNTED.

HEAD: THE LEADING ELEMENT OF A COLUMN. PACE: MEASURED FROM HEELTO HEEL. STEP: 15 INCHES 12 INCHES 30 INCHES AND 36 INCHES. CADANCE: THE RHYTHMIC RATE OF MARCH. SLOW TIME. QUICK TIME. DOUBLE TIME.

LEFT (RIGHT): EXTREME EDEGE. MASS FORMATION: COMPANY OR LARGER, AT CLOSE INTERVAL. PRADE SLING: LEFT SIDE. EXTENDED MASS FORMATION: CLOSE OR NORMAL INTERVAL & INTERVAL IS GRATER THAN NORMAL. PIECE: INDIVIDUAL WEAPON. SNAP: THE QUALITY THAT INSPIRES IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.

CHARACACTERISTICS OFCOMMAND VOICE

VOICE CONTROL: THE VOICE IS CONTROLLED BY BY OPENING THE THROAT,USING THE MOUTH TO SHAPE THE WORDS, AND USING THE DIAPHRAGM TO CONTROL THE VOLUME. 1. ADJUST TO THE SIZE OF THE UNIT. 2. GIVING COMMANDS AT THE POSTION OF ATTENTION. 3. USING THE DIAPHRAGM. DISTINCTNESS: LEARNING TO PROUNCE COMMANDS CORRECTLY.

INFLECTION: THE RISE AND FALLIN PITCH AND TONEIN THE VOICE. CADANCE: THE BEST INTERVAL OF TIME FOR THE UNIT ON THE MARCH IS THAT WITCH ALLOWS ON STEP TO BE TAKEN BETWEEN THE PREPARATORY COMMAND AND THE COMMAND OF EXECUTION..

TYPES OF DRILL COMMANDS

PREPARATORY COMMAND: THE COMMAND TO BE EXECUTED. 1. BEGINNING PITCH:NORMAL TONE. 2. INFLECTOIN: RISEING. COMMAND OF EXECUTION:TELLS WHEN THE MOVEMENT IS TO BE EXECUTED. 1. BEGINNING PITCH: HIGHER THAN THE LAST PITCH OF THE PREARATORY COMMAND. 2. INFLECTION: NONE 3. SNAP: GIVEN SHARPLY AND SUCCINCTLY.

SUPPLEMENTARY COMMAND: CONTINUE TO MARCH. PITCH & INFLECTION: ARE NORMALLY THE SAME AS FOR THE COMMAND IT REPLACES. CONTINUE TO MARCH IS BOTH A PERPATORY AND A COMMAND OF EXECUTION. EXAMPLES OF COMBINED COMMANDS ARE: 1. FALL IN : 2 FALL OUT :3 DISMISSED

COMMANDS TO SUORDINATE LEADERS.

FORMING THE SQUAD. PCWC. (P) STANDS FOR PUPPOSE. (C) STANDS FOR COUNTS. (W) STANDS FOR WHEN. (C) STANDS FOR COMMANDS. NORMAL & CLOSE INTERVAL.

REPORT INSPECTION PORT ORDER

HALTED MOVEMENTS FACING: RIGHT, LEFT, ABOUT SIDE STEP (UNIT LEADER)????? BACK STEP RESTS, PARADE,REST; AT EASE;REST; FALLOUT. : THESE COMMANDS ARE TERMINATED BY ATTENTION AND FALL IN. HAND SALUTE

ALIGN THE PLATOON CLOSE AND EXTEND DOUBLE-ARMS INTERVAL IN LINE.

MARCHING MOVEMENTS MARK TIME. HALF STEP. CHANGE STEP.

CHANGE DIRECTION OF MARCH. COLUMN MOVEMENTS. COLUMN HALF MOVEMENTS. MARCH IN THE OBLIQUE. FORWARD, & RESUME. WHILE MARCHING IN THE OBLIQUE YOU MAY RECIVE MARK TIME, HALF STEP, INPLACE, OR HALT. MARCH TO THE REAR.

DISMISS THE SQUAD. FALL OUT.

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