a. Mass commands help develop confidence, self-reliance, assertiveness, and enthusiasm by making the individual recall, give, and execute the proper commands. Mass commands are usually confined to simple movements with short preparatory commands and commands of execution executed simultaneously by all elements of a unit.
b. Each person is required to give commands in unison with others as if that person alone were giving commands to the entire element. The volume of the combined voices encourages every person to perform the movement with snap and precision.
c. When the instructor wants to conduct drill by mass commands, the command is AT YOUR COMMAND. For each exercise and cadence drill, the instructor announces the movement to be executed and commands the element COMMAND. Personnel then give commands and execute them in unison.
d. The following are examples of mass commands:
Instructor: AT YOUR COMMAND, Call the Flight to Attention, COMMAND.
Mass: Flight, ATTENTION.
Instructor: Have the Flight Stand at Parade Rest, COMMAND.
Mass: Parade, REST.
Instructor: March the Flight Forward, COMMAND.
Mass: Forward, MARCH.
Instructor: Halt the Flight, COMMAND.
Mass: Flight, HALT.
e. When desiring to end mass commands, the instructor commands AT MY COMMAND.