Drill Policy and Grading

What is Drill?

Military drill is designed primarily as a way to move cadets from one place to another in an orderly and controlled way. This overview of dill is summarized from the NJROTC Drill Manual which is found in the Cadet Field Manual (CFM).

Some benefits of drilling include:

• teaching discipline through instilling habits of precision and automatic response to orders;

• increasing the confidence of cadets as they go through the exercise of calling commands and developing their ability to lead squads and platoons;

• building unit cohesion and esprit de corps; and

• promoting high standards of military bearing and appearance.

Drill is designed to be relatively simple and easy to learn.

Drill Policy

Following uniform inspection and military knowledge/bearing cadets are graded on basic drill movements (not drill tea).  Basic military drill and marching is taught the first six weeks of school to first year cadets with the assistance of the senior cadets.  Once the cadets have an understanding of the concepts they with be graded on the execution of basic drill movements.

As with uniform inspection each cadet starts with 100 points and deductions are taken according to errors made. Failure to participate in drill will result in a failing grade.

Grading Policy

• For each error made, a deduction of 5 points. Drill movements will be in accordance with the Cadet Field Manual.

• Using cell phone and refusal to get off after being asked to put it away results in the loss of 50 points.