DRILL CPL 0102 MARINE NCO SWORD MANUAL l

DRILL CPL 0102

MARINE NCO SWORD MANUAL

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

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

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

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

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

CHARACACTERISTICS OFCOMMAND VOICE

l 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. l 1. ADJUST TO THE SIZE OF THE UNIT. l 2. GIVING COMMANDS AT THE POSTION OF ATTENTION. l 3. USING THE DIAPHRAGM. l DISTINCTNESS: LEARNING TO PROUNCE COMMANDS CORRECTLY.

l INFLECTION: THE RISE AND FALLIN PITCH AND TONEIN THE VOICE. l 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 THE COMMAND OF EXECUTION. .

TYPES OF DRILL COMMANDS

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

l l 1. 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: FALL IN : 2 FALL OUT : 3 DISMISSED

COMMANDS TO SUORDINATE LEADERS.

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

l REPORT l INSPECTION l PORT l ORDER

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

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

MARCHING MOVEMENTS l MARK TIME. l HALF STEP. l CHANGE STEP.

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

l DISMISS THE SQUAD. l FALL OUT.

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