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6. I am five foot or so

Mon Nov 25, 2013, 12:43 PM

Nov 2013

and I had to keep pace with my male counterparts during close order drill. Was it fun? Nope, was it doable? Yup.

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Three female RAF recruits awarded £100,000 payouts for marching injuries. [View all] dipsydoodle Nov 2013 OP

Oy... nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #1

By coincidence dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #2

I am five foot or so nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #6

I'm a vet and when it comes to that marching thing... Butch McQueen Nov 2013 #3

Marching is more... Lancero Nov 2013 #5

Marching is way older than guns AngryAmish Nov 2013 #16

Close order drill was about napoleonic combat formations nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #7

IMO, long marches are confidence training, parade drill is about discipline HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #10

It instills pride and discipline, and builds teamwork. Orsino Nov 2013 #13

Yes, all that, the capacity to understand and execute orders, etc HereSince1628 Nov 2013 #14

Present arms is very useful of you have some stupid bastard with a gun AngryAmish Nov 2013 #18

Huh ismnotwasm Nov 2013 #4

Geez. HappyMe Nov 2013 #8

It remains unjudged dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #11

"Claimed"? Orsino Nov 2013 #12

There wasn't dipsydoodle Nov 2013 #17

More than claims. Orsino Nov 2013 #19

I do remember when I went through AF basic training cpwm17 Nov 2013 #15