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We all know that the PDF 3* does not swing their arms more than waist height when marching, but a recruit swings shoulder height. Also the fall out by turning to the right. I was wondering, do any of the RDF units use the same guidelines.
Before you start I know the falling out to the right has been discussed here before.
If your not in bed by 4 o' clock it's time to go home!
Falling out always turn to the right. Everyone in my unit does it.
Recruits swing arms sholder height. Every recruit is supposed to have this drilled into them in every unit.
3* pte swing arms waist height. Just a little perk for us trained soldiers, and something for recruits to aspire to. I know we're supposed to do it, and I do.
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Iv never heard of trained men swinging their arms only waist high. It doesn't kill anyone to keep up a bit of a standard and swing arms shoulder high. It's Madness!!
It was my understanding that trained soldiers only swing their arms shoulder height for ceremonial occasions. Otherwise it was waist height. Waist height still looks good when done properly.
If your not in bed by 4 o' clock it's time to go home!
only recruits or personal on certain courses are required to swint there arms at shoulder height!
trained men only have to swing them at waist height!
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Iv never heard of trained men swinging their arms only waist high. It doesn't kill anyone to keep up a bit of a standard and swing arms shoulder high. It's Madness!!
We're not the Brits. In the Irish DF the arms are swung to waist height. In any training I have ever had the NCO was always shouting "swing your arms up to the waist-belt height of the man in front of you".
Like a lot of things in the RDF (ie: falling out) this seems to differ between units, but it shouldn't.
Here we bleedin' go again,
the manual says that the soldiers arms should be swung to waist-belt height while marching, recruits should be taught to exagerate the movement. Turning to the right when falling out is not something old that has been phased out, it is incorrect drill that should never have been phased in. The manual (LL1&2, BTW) says that the soldier pauses, then marches away.
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