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One of the high points of the performance is the rifle-inspection sequence, when a drill master ... it back at the Marine and moving down the ranks. According to the Corps, the platoon members ...
The Marine Corps is investigating claims of hazing involving members of the Silent Drill Platoon, Corps officials announced on Tuesday. On Nov. 2, five Marines were placed in pretrial confinement ...
For the first time in its history, the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon will be led by a female commander. The Marine Corps announced Tuesday that Capt. Kelsey A. Hastings, an artillery officer ...
Among those performing that weekend was the Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon, a team of Marines that executes incredibly precise routines full of spins and tosses of their hand-polished M1 Garand ...
To exemplify the Marine Corps' high standards, the Silent Drill Platoon was formed in 1948. Composed of a 24-man rifle platoon, the Silent Drill Platoon performs at various venues across the ...
Lebanon High School hosted the United States Marine Corps’ Silent Drill Platoon in a special performance as part of the USMC’s 250th anniversary. The platoon, known for choreographed marching and ...
When Capt. Kelsey Hastings takes command of the Marine Corps’ revered Silent Drill Platoon later this month, she will become the unit’s first female leader — and its first-ever female member.
The @marines Silent Drill Platoon showed their skills at Fleet Week New York during a kickoff performance at Times Square.
SPOKANE, Wash. - The Seattle Marine Corps' Silent Drill Platoon, led by the returning first female Silent Drill Platoon Commander, Captain Kelsey Hastings, is performing at Whitworth College as ...
U.S. Marines with the Silent Drill Platoon executed a drill sequence during the Blue Angels’ “Fat Albert” C-130J Super Hercules flyover at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, Ariz., on Tuesday.