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Dr. Drill

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Dear Doc,

I was wondering where the liason officer(sorry if misspelled) should stand during closing and opening formation. At the moment he is standing in the senior member flight. I believe this is incorrect seeing as how he is NOT a senior member, just a big-headed major (with all due respect to the officer, of course) Please enlighten me if possible.

Sincerely,

SSgt Kate

Dr. Drill responds:

Dear Kate,

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Okay, sorry. No, really...

BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

*sniff* Oh, golly. You're killing me!

This one is pretty easy, actually.

First, there is no position in any formation for 'Liason Officer' that I could find, especially not one with a big head.

As far as the Drill Manual is concerned, a 'flight' is a designation for a group of people of a certain number, arranged in a certain way. There's no distinction about who goes into a flight, just where they have to stand.

So, if the commander wants Major Big Head in the Senior flight, then that's where he goes. It's up to the commander to decide who's in which flight, not the drill manual.

Sorry I couldn't help.

Dr. Drill

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