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 ...

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 ...

The parades start with a performance by the Marine Band or the Marine Drum & Bugle Corps; then comes the 24-man Silent Drill Platoon sporting an equal number of ten-pound M1 rifles with fixed bayonets ...

Friday evenings from May to August, the Silent Drill Platoon can be viewed performing its routine during the Evening Parade ceremony held at the Marine Barracks Washington. Marines selected for ...

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 ...

On May 27, the Corps’ 24-man rifle platoon performed at Marine Day in Brooklyn’s Prospect ... the Marines perfectly executed the drill movements that exemplify the professionalism of 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 ...

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 ...

(WLS) -- Cellphone video shows a former Marine jumping into action to save two women in Northwest ... p.m. when he noticed a black car right off the road and in the water. "My original plan ...