re:Marines drill
Hi Art.
I agree on the Marines drill, but unfortunately it seems to be one of those things that new recruits in any service aren't taught so much nowadays. As cadet instructors we used it as a team-building exercise as much as parade training. As in the whole squad is only as good as the weakest link.
I watch Trooping the Colour and other parades on the tele now and cringe! My old RSM would have had a coronary!
As for the vetting - all in the UK that work with young people now have to go through this, but as an armoury controller I had to go through an extra process to ensure that I had no links with any subversive groups etc.
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