Lets face it..no one likes marching. These boys and girls are good

[charliegolf]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

And we still don't know what 'cow-kicking' is.

Personally I thought those boys and girls were bloody good and if that was part of a competition, I hope they won it.

Agreed. Seen way worse Cranwell/Swinditz marching.

CG

[chevvron]

Originally Posted by charliegolf

Agreed. Seen way worse Cranwell/Swinditz marching.

CG

And as I said at Halton but I should add this was after the brats departed to Cosford; worse still this edition of Masterchef was shown on TV a couple of years ago.

[ExAscoteer2]

'Cow Kicking' is when the thigh is brought to the horzontal but the lower limb does not hang vertically but slants backwards.

[AR1]

I can understand the Aircrew not getting the marching thing - Standing up for a long period when you're used to being sat down, i appreciate must be quite difficult, but as much as i hated getting pulled in to prepare for parades a stand out moment for me involved exactly that. Following the (shambolic) USAF out onto the front at Weymouth for the 40th DDay parade, in front of all those veterans and halting as one to an outbreak of applause. All that effort paid off. Brought a tear to my eye.
Only the once though.

[chevvron]

Originally Posted by ExAscoteer2

'Cow Kicking' is when the thigh is brought to the horzontal but the lower limb does not hang vertically but slants backwards.

That looks to be the way we were taught it, often by very experienced DIs especially the one at Cosford when I was still a cadet.
So what's wrong with that? The 2 squadrons I was involved with (2204 as Adj followed by 1811 as OC) were easily equal to the one shown on the tape.

[Sloppy Link]

Originally Posted by stevef

I did that with the Army Cadet Force in the late sixties, we always got the regular army's hand-me-downs. I can't remember how to port arms but might still be able to strip down a Bren gun.
I got my indoor marksman's badge with a .22 but when I came to fire the .303 on the range, the kick was too much for this skinny little 14-year-old, I lost confidence and failed to qualify. RAF next stop,
The Queen's (King's) Colour Squadron has got to be one of - if not the - best precision drill units in the world.

Brigade of Guards. I shall comment no further!

[ExAscoteer2]

Originally Posted by chevvron

So what's wrong with that?

Because it's wrong. The lower limb should hang vertically iaw AP818.

[Fonsini]

How dare you suggest that someone is better than the Belgian military…..

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[stevef]

Originally Posted by Fonsini

How dare you suggest that someone is better than the Belgian military…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzybSQkJNoY

Blimey! That lot would give RasPutin's mobiks a run for their ruble (assuming they ever got paid).

[Arthur Bellcrank]

K&C, funnily enough I recently stumbled on this blurry video of our pass out parade, we all seemed to be in step.

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[Ninthace]

Originally Posted by Fonsini

How dare you suggest that someone is better than the Belgian military…..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzybSQkJNoY

They must be aircrew, Each part of the brain multitasking independently while controlling a different part of the body.

[Ninthace]

Originally Posted by Arthur Bellcrank

K&C, funnily enough I recently stumbled on this blurry video of our pass out parade, we all seemed to be in step.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PviU...annel=MrWhelts

In my first tour, I was a flight commander for one of those blocks in the background, OC Block was a full time job for Apprentice Training Squadron but only a squadron secondary duty for those of us in ETS.

[BEagle]

Precison drilling from a certain Flying Circus....

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Historical hysterical, definitely non-PC and not for today's snowflakes!!

[Union Jack]

Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

I fear you're out of step with the other posters.

In the words of the song, "There's a first time for everything!"

Jack

[West Coast]

A variation of just straight marching.

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[Hughes500]

Having been a platoon commander at a training depot I used to have running battles with my platoon sergent over drill. I would always elect to do section attack and platoon attack drills or a good bit of tabbing with an 80lb began , after all in the early 1980's impressing Ivan on the Inner German Border with your marching ability wouldnt cut the mustard.

[Krystal n chips]

Originally Posted by Arthur Bellcrank

K&C, funnily enough I recently stumbled on this blurry video of our pass out parade, we all seemed to be in step.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PviU...annel=MrWhelts

So we were....probably because it was the last time ..just think, if we hadn't spent all those wasted hours, we could have finished the course and started engineering for a living in about half the time !....nice shot of my former open plan, with panoramic views, top floor luxury spa accom though.

[Arthur Bellcrank]

Originally Posted by Krystal n chips

So we were....probably because it was the last time ..just think, if we hadn't spent all those wasted hours, we could have finished the course and started engineering for a living in about half the time !....nice shot of my former open plan, with panoramic views, top floor luxury spa accom though.

Yes, the centre block, F Flight if I remember. Funnily enough my son was in the same block a couple of decades later.

[Saintsman]

I was once attached to a RN Squadron. On their big annual parade (I think it was called Divisions or something), we RAF types were hid somewhere at the back, because we marched faster and the drill commands were all different. It caused chaos during the rehearsals.

[Big Pistons Forever]

Marching is for the professional pedestrians (AKA Infantry). Personally as a proud member of Canada's Navy, I considered marching the Navy's test of my ability to find ways to avoid it in favor of more rewarding pursuits.