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Dr. Drill bites it hard...

Dr. Drill

You can submit your questions to Dr. Drill via e-mail to : DrDrill@CadetStuff.org.

Esteemed Dr. Drill,

I just thought I'd drop you an email to let you know that NAVMC 2691 has been superseded by MCO P5060.20.

Also, this new MCO states that color guards will carry their rifles on opposite shoulders.

7005. SYNCHRONIZING THE MANUAL OF ARMS FOR THE COLOR GUARDS ARMED WITH RIFLES
1. The manual of arms for color guards armed with rifles must be synchronized so that the rifles move (e.g., off of or to the shoulder) at the same time. Since the left rifleman is at left shoulder arms and the right rifleman is at right shoulder arms, moving to and from the right/left shoulder to the order, present or back the shoulder often involves different "counts" in the movement for each rifleman. (Page 7-18)

Very Respectfully,

Tim Woyma
ENS NSCC

Dr. Drill Responds

ENS Woyma,

Yowzers, that smarts! Dr. Drill gets all fat and comfortable with what he knows and everyone goes and changes everything! First the AFR 50-14 went to AFMAN 36-2203, then FM 22-5 became FM 3-21.5 and now I find out that my beloved NAVMC 2691 is really MCO P5060.20!

The next thing you know, they'll knock down the Berlin Wall or change the formula for Coke!

Happily for those of you who are as behind the times as the Good Doctor, the essential contents haven't changed much, and it says that in the introduction. But they've added a whole lot of clarification and some snazzy new photos. Of course, the two lance corporals need their trousers tailored properly and the one sergeant in MARPATS has a seven-thirty case of five o'clock shadow!

So, update your bookmarks kids and spend a little time getting familiar with the new sheriff in town: MCO P5060.20 MARINE CORPS DRILL AND CEREMONIES MANUAL.

Now, let me get out of here: I'm prescribing some leaches for a patient with the ague.

Dr. Drill

Caution: Dr. Drill isn't always one hundred percent serious. Please activate your Joke Detectors. And don't call us when you find yourself explaining to a membership termination board why you used a staple gun to keep a cadet's hands at his sides during "To The Rear, March". All we're going to say on your behalf is "Duh!"

And if you find yourself on the bad end of a serious counseling because you decided to go toe-to-toe with your squadron commander over the position of the guide during a squadron-in-mass formation or something similarly trivial, well, we're just going to point, laugh and call you names!

Dr. Drill welcomes comments and corrections. Nothing herein is to be construed as official policy unless quoted from an up-to-date regulation or manual and Dr. Drill is not to be used as a blunt instrument to reshape the pointy heads of your superiors. Dr. Drill has made an extensive study of the drill and knows some people who know some things, but he's not the Final Authority on what happens at your unit. That Final Authority is? That's right, kids! Your UNIT COMMANDER.