SteveR Loc: Michigan

venturer9 Loc: Newton, Il.

Great Video.. thanks..

But the first viewers response sort of reminds me of UHH Chit/Chat...

Mike

Critter-Hunter Loc: Indiana

Semper Fi, thxs for the post from an old Marine

cudakite Loc: San Antonio

Without any direction or sensory cues, this is insanely difficult. Wow! Thanks Steve. =D

SteveR Loc: Michigan

venturer9, Critter-Hunter, and cudakite....Thanks for watching. I've always been impressed by these close drill performances. Going to Michigan football games as a kid with my Dad, seeing the Cadets and the Midshipmen march in to Michigan Stadium alternating years was always a great sight. Michigan always has had ROTC members from the various services take care of the flag during the Star Spangled Banner. Great memories.

One midshipman came into the Big House and picked Michigan apart...it helped him win the Heisman...Roger Staubach.

AZakphoto Loc: Lewes, DE

Thanks for that video. Brought a tear! (in a good way)

SteveR Loc: Michigan

Thanks ASakphoto, and welcome to UHH.

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

Great video, great post, Semper Fi!

The Few, The Proud, The Marines! :thumbup:

BW326 Loc: Boynton Beach, Florida

When I went through Marines Corps bootcamp, almost 50 years ago, what I remember most is the intensive training and practice that went into teaching markmanship and close order drills. The saying goes, "every Marine is a rifleman first" and the reasoning for that is quite clear but less obvious to me was why so much emphasis was placed on marching. I assumed it was simply considered to be a cornerstone of teaching discipline, and while that is true, I also found that there were very real-life situations where that training would become invaluable.

Several years ago I was watching a video very similar to this one that Steve has and it reminded me of that. I wrote a short blog article and it's located here if you're interested, 4th story down, entitled "Dancing on Concertina".

http://wgward.blogspot.com/?view=magazine#!/2011/08/dancing-on-concertina.html