Topic: Drill Competition 2

rotc boy · December 8th, 2005

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Originally Posted by NCdt Steliga

That's not cool. Probably hurt the morale of the DT too, didn't it?

naw, the people who were failing "got strong" as mst gunny puts it
they had to run 3 laps around the entire school holding rifles above their head....starting during each passing period, now only 1 person is failing and hes working his ass off to get it to passing, and the drill team seems to have improved also...

AFSteliga · December 8th, 2005

Well, I guess that works as well.

Cadet 2nd Lt. Stinson · December 13th, 2005

most embarresing? well, I have a couple from the drill meet that we hosted 03 Dec.

~we were told to put together a unarmed exhibition squad routine at the last minute and had about 3 and a half hours to get it ready, practice it, and make it proficient. Surprisingly we won second place with a routine that was only 2 minutes long. We all messed up during it too. Thankfully there were only 3 teams competing.

~second is unarmed platoon exhibition. We hadnt finished learing the routine becuase we had to trash the one we had. (our SMI didnt like it and all of the sudden decided to make us switch to the old routine.) We had about 4 minutes learned proficiently, but the routine is a 7 minute minimum. Our Commander actually called movements from inside the platoon while we were on the floor. It was hard to hear her becuase she didnt want the judges to hear so there were a lot of mistakes. But surprisingly we got first place for that routine!

Well, I just got finisished with practice and have to go pack my stuff up for first block at school. We start practice at 0500 and it is 0707 right now so I'll right again later.

Cadet4Tucker · January 23rd, 2006

We go to Quantico on March 11th for a competition

Cadet 2nd Lt. Stinson · January 23rd, 2006

going out on the floor with only a 2minute routine (should have been 7-9) and trying to perform it. we had to throw it together in only a couple of hours and had only perfected the first 2 minutes, so we reported out after that.

AFSteliga · January 25th, 2006

I've seen something like that happen at one of our Drill Competitions. Although it didn't happen with our Squadron (the winning Sqn, I might add), there was one that during practice that only had about a 2 minute routine (Air Cadet silent drill routines have to be around 4 minutes). Just to kill time during the actual competition, the staff told the team that after the 2 minute routine, to just break off, go in some random direction, march around for about 100 paces while doing some sort of drill movement and then come back. From the balcony where I was standing, it looked almost like an anthill that was just stepped on.

December 8th, 2005	Post 12
AFSteliga Cadet Moderator Gear	Well, I guess that works as well. __________________ Pte K. Steliga Canadian Forces School of Aerospace Control Operations QL3 0027 Per ardua ad astra

December 13th, 2005	Post 13
Cadet 2nd Lt. Stinson Milites Gregarius	most embarresing? well, I have a couple from the drill meet that we hosted 03 Dec. ~we were told to put together a unarmed exhibition squad routine at the last minute and had about 3 and a half hours to get it ready, practice it, and make it proficient. Surprisingly we won second place with a routine that was only 2 minutes long. We all messed up during it too. Thankfully there were only 3 teams competing. ~second is unarmed platoon exhibition. We hadnt finished learing the routine becuase we had to trash the one we had. (our SMI didnt like it and all of the sudden decided to make us switch to the old routine.) We had about 4 minutes learned proficiently, but the routine is a 7 minute minimum. Our Commander actually called movements from inside the platoon while we were on the floor. It was hard to hear her becuase she didnt want the judges to hear so there were a lot of mistakes. But surprisingly we got first place for that routine! Well, I just got finisished with practice and have to go pack my stuff up for first block at school. We start practice at 0500 and it is 0707 right now so I'll right again later. __________________ Cadet 2nd lieutenant Alison Stinson Semper Fidelis LCPL Rob Backus USMC, Iraq PFC Brandon Eason USMC, Iraq and Seaman Recruit Bridgette Walker USN, Illinois We miss you guys!

January 23rd, 2006	Post 14
Cadet4Tucker Milites Gregarius	We go to Quantico on March 11th for a competition

January 23rd, 2006	Post 15
Cadet 2nd Lt. Stinson Milites Gregarius	going out on the floor with only a 2minute routine (should have been 7-9) and trying to perform it. we had to throw it together in only a couple of hours and had only perfected the first 2 minutes, so we reported out after that.

January 25th, 2006	Post 16
AFSteliga Cadet Moderator Gear	I've seen something like that happen at one of our Drill Competitions. Although it didn't happen with our Squadron (the winning Sqn, I might add), there was one that during practice that only had about a 2 minute routine (Air Cadet silent drill routines have to be around 4 minutes). Just to kill time during the actual competition, the staff told the team that after the 2 minute routine, to just break off, go in some random direction, march around for about 100 paces while doing some sort of drill movement and then come back. From the balcony where I was standing, it looked almost like an anthill that was just stepped on.