Saturday, January 19, 2008
USMC Silent Drill Team
First, thanks to the shout-out from bothenook. He periodically does a round-up, brief summary of a whole bunch of bubblehead (submariner) blogs around the blogosphere. In reviewing his most recent roundup, I found some really good stuff. I won't recap his whole post, but his roundup led me to this very powerful and heart-wrenching photograph, and also to a really good USMC recruiting video.
The USMC recruiting video brought back a memory from my last shore duty in DC. The USMC Silent Drill Platoon performs a Sunset Parade at the Iwo Jima Memorial on Tuesday nights in the summertime. It's free and open to the public, and it's really amazing to watch. I was very glad I took the boys to see the Sunset Parade in the summer of 2006. Click here for Sunset Parade information (directions, parking, times, etc).
When I googled it to find the Marine Barracks Washington website with the info about the Sunset Parade, I came upon a whole slew of videos on YouTube.
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What an amazing video! Truly amazing!
I will give you a blog idea. I have always wondered this but never thought to ask before. What exactly is the point of the drill team. Since you were once on one, you can probably answer that.
Yes I think it is amazing and I really enjoy watching their acrobats. But to me that is what it is, a big show. Is that the point? How does it pertain to the military/used it real life, or is the point really just the show?
The drill team at the Acadamy was also really fun to watch when we went. :-)
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