Marching Orders

The ShieldWall Network

Attention ShieldWall Phalanx: Nothing you can read will substitute for the practice of actually doing it, but here are the first few things which we need to cover for the ShieldWall Phalanx:

1.Standing at attention. Back straight, chest forward, shoulders square, eyes front, tall. Forming ranks.

2.Maintaining silence and focus in the ranks. Attention to orders.

3.Shifting from “attention” to “at ease”, parade rest.

4.Maintaining Relative Distance: one arm’s length back from the man in front of you when standing at attention, one arm’s length distance from the shoulder of the man on either side of you.

5.Marching in unison, and in rhythm. Starting, stopping, changing speed and direction. About face, right face, left face.

Read this: http://www.drillpad.net/DPtermin(M).htm

And this: https://www.unl.edu/armyrotc/HandbookChapters/Chapter9.pdf

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