# US Rifle drill

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-rifle-drill/371384>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [September 4, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-rifle-drill/371384 "2006-09-04T08:57:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-rifle-drill/371384/1 "2006-09-04T08:57:56Z")

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If this is in wrong forum will mods please move it.

I am trying to find a site which will give me a video of those US soldiers who do all the fancy stuff with their rifles.  
Anyone know of one?

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**Author:** ![duality72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duality72/32/3910_2.png) [@duality72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duality72)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-rifle-drill/371384/2 "2006-09-04T14:04:29Z")

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You could take a look through videos on [Youtube](http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=rifle+drill&search=Search).

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**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-rifle-drill/371384/3 "2006-09-04T14:40:04Z")

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You’re probably thinking of the US Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon (home page with video clips). Longer videos:  
[http://www.metacafe.com/watch/69220/silent\_drill/](http://www.metacafe.com/watch/69220/silent_drill/)  
and

[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcEqhW9MffU)

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-rifle-drill/371384/4 "2006-09-04T15:09:26Z")

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Thanks guys those were the videos I was after.

Awesome display.

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**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-rifle-drill/371384/5 "2006-09-04T17:07:49Z")

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In case you want to see a more permanent view of the US Army’s Honor Guard doing it, buy/rent National Geographic’s Arlington: Field of Honor".

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**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-rifle-drill/371384/6 "2006-09-05T06:06:51Z")

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> [@Ignatz](#):
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> In case you want to see a more permanent view of the US Army’s Honor Guard doing it, buy/rent National Geographic’s Arlington: Field of Honor".

Thanks, have ordered this from Amazon 🙂