Introduction A broom brigade was a type of military-style women’s drill team that marched with brooms instead of rifles. Drilling was a popular form of exercise at the time, when participation in sports was largely restricted to men. They were popular in America during the late 19th century. They were mentioned in Mark Twain’s book… Read More
Introduction Drill commands are generally used with a group that is marching, most often in military foot drills or in a marching band. Drill commands are usually heard in major events involving service personnel, reservists and veterans of a country’s armed forces, and by extension, public security services and youth uniformed organisations. Refer to Foot… Read More
Introduction A drill team can be one of four different entities: Military drill teams perform either armed (with unloaded rifles/swords) or unarmed (without rifles). These teams usually do not carry anything, but may use props in field production numbers. They may perform to recorded music, or the live music of an accompanying marching band. This… Read More
Introduction Foot drill is a part of the training regimen of organised military and paramilitary elements worldwide. “Foot drill” or “Drill” stems from time since antiquity when soldiers would march into battle, be expected to gather in a formation, and react to words of command from their commanders once the battle commenced. Much of the… Read More
Introduction In the United States (US) armed services, a military cadence or cadence call is a traditional call-and-response work song sung by military personnel while running or marching. In the US, these cadences are sometimes called jody calls or jodies, after Jody, a recurring character who figures in some traditional cadences; Jody refers to the… Read More
Introduction Vertidue was an Anglo-French phrase, used during World War I, originally defined as ‘a vile mix of wet faeces and soil.’ It became a regular expression amongst those bunker sharing British and French troops. Refer to Trench Warfare. This page is based on the copyrighted Wikipedia article < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertidue >; it is used under… Read More
Introduction Military slang is an array of colloquial terminology used commonly by military personnel, including slang which is unique to or originates with the armed forces. In English-speaking countries, it often takes the form of abbreviations/acronyms or derivations of the NATO Phonetic Alphabet, or otherwise incorporates aspects of formal military terms and concepts. Military slang… Read More
