close order drill
noun1
Government, Military, Politics, War Practice in marching, formations, and formal handling of arms carried out standing shoulder-to-shoulder and at attention.
- Mr. Bosland said, “Close order drill may be OK in Nazi Germany, but we are here in America.”2004, Arnold Von der Porten, 50 Years in America, →ISBN, page 186:
- Garrison life and close order drills had never been my forte.2007, James Megellas, All the Way to Berlin: A Paratrooper at War in Europe, →ISBN, page 340:
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- One of the areas that were most concentrated on at DI School was close order drill.2008, Gregg Stoner, The Yellow Footprints to Hell and Back, →ISBN:
- Related terms
- extended order drill, in close order