Chapter 1
Introduction
The purpose of drill is to enable commanders or noncommissioned officers (NCOs) to move their unit from one place to another in an orderly manner, to aid in disciplinary training by instilling habits of precision and response to the leader’s orders, and to provide for the development of all Soldiers in the practice of commanding troops.
Section 1
History
Section 2
Military Music
1-9. Military music has been an integral part of the military since the U.S. Army was created. Drummers have provided beats to help with military drill. Bugles have been used on the battlefield to signal various events. Military musicians have been providing ceremonial music and performing in concerts to boost morale since the Revolutionary War. Cadence is sung in the morning to motivate and captivate Soldiers during physical training while keeping the formation in step. There are popular Country and Service songs played at military functions that tell a story and instill pride in the force such as songs like “Blood on the Risers” and “Ballad of the Green Beret,” as well as marches like The Stars and Stripes Forever.
1-10. The earliest surviving pictorial, sculptured, and written records show musical or quasi-musical instruments employed in connection with military activity for signaling during encampments, parades, and combat. Because the sounds were produced in the open air, the instruments tended to be brass and percussion. Oriental, Egyptian, Greek, Roman, and American Indian chronicles and pictorial remains show trumpets and drums of many varieties allied to Soldiers and battles.
