One of the high points of the performance is the rifle-inspection sequence, when a drill master goes down ... According to the Corps, the platoon members come from Corps infantry schools in ...

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 ...

Several members of the Marine Corps' famous Silent Drill Platoon were kicked out of the service or punished by their command after someone reported witnessing them using a training rifle to strike ...

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 ...

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 ...

For the first time in its history, the Marine Corps Silent ... of the platoon perform their precise drill movements and handling of their hand-polished ten-and-a-half pound M1 Garand rifles ...

The Silent Drill Platoon is known for unique precision-drill work, discipline and professionalism. The 24-man rifle platoon wields hand-polished, 10½-pound M1 Garand rifles with bayonets.

Among those performing that weekend was the Marine Corps Silent Drill ... team of Marines that executes incredibly precise routines full of spins and tosses of their hand-polished M1 Garand rifles ...