Thanks dude!
Well, I believe the army has many more drills. BTW, do you guys
have any idea wads the command for Pace stick drill? I myself have
neer even heard of it before. Been surfing some webpages and found
out that UK even has Pace Sticking compeition.
http://www.diggerhistory.info/pages-equip/pace-stick.htm
BTW, I've come across this intresting info:
Four-part commands
The typical parade commands are spoken extremely clearly and
emphatically, and consist of four major parts.
1. Identifier, or who is to follow the command. This is typically
(number) Section, (number) Platoon, (letter) Company, or (name)
Regiment, although the prefixes are often dropped when there is no
ambiguity (Section, Platoon, Company (Coy,) or Regiment.) Parade
can only be given by the parade commander, and always refers to the
entire parade, regardless of size.
2. Precautionary, or what is to be done in an adstract sense: Move
to the Advance, Move to the Retire, etc. (This is not always used
in American usage)
3. Cautionary, or the first part of what is to be done. In American
usage, this is called the "preparatory command."
4. Executive, or execution, a single syllable on which the soldiers
actually move. This is as true in the United States armed forces as
in other services; however, the accent of the commander often leads
this to be heard as simply huh on commands such as "Present Arms"
and "Order Arms." There is always a significant pause between the
Cautionary and the Executive. In American usage, the executive
command is always given a greater emphasis than the preparatory
command.
i.e.
* 4 Platoon (Identifier,) Moving to the Right in File
(Precautionary,) Right (Cautionary,) Turn (Executive.)
* B Coy (Identifier,) Advance (Precautionary,) Left (Cautionary,)
Turn (Executive.)
* (U.S. usage) Battalion (Identifier), Right (Cautionary),
FACE.
* Brigade (Identifier).
Often there is no chance of ambiguity, and much of the command can
be unspoken. In such cases there must always be the Cautionary and
the Executive.
* Present Arms
* Atten -Tion
P.S. I was wondering how come in Singapore, we are thought of only
the three part command and not the above 4 part command?
