DI Handbook

Property of Royal Marines

Drill Instructor Handbook

| Index ;

| Introductory
| Terms
| Faces
| Firing Drills
| Formations
| Marching
| Dismissal

Terms Of Use

| You Are Aware That This Manual Has Been Used In Another Group
| You Must Have This Document Open During Your Tryout.
| You Must Ensure That You Cover Each Essential Section
| Failing To Meet These Requirements Will Result In Disciplinary Action
| If An Inspection Is Held And Your Troops Aren’t Up To Standard. You’re Fucked

Applicable Uses

What Is The Purpose Of This Manual?

This manual covers all of the essential aspects of training your men. Your unit
should be up-to-standard, as is this manual. If your unit somehow possibly

fails the lessons in this handbook, you as an officer will have to ensure that you
take the steps necessary to keep your unit up to standard.

How Will We Manage And Control Our Discipline?

With an introduction to weekly inspections. Troops that are not up-to-par with
their counterparts will be subject to increased disciplinary trainings and an
increase in monitoring.

Can We Use This Document For Tryouts?

Yes! This document is of higher standard than that of the Companies, which
means, a recruit who passed will not be able to strike lucky, but will actually

have to know his Universal Basic Training to stand a chance.

What Is Quality Control?

We use this term quite often, Quality Control is ensuring the discipline and
training of the rankers and officers is up-to-standard. Nothing less than elite.

Introductory

A Letter To The Officers

“We as the Officers have a duty in the Royal Marines. That
duty is to supervise the training of our recruits and fellow

Company Members. We ensure that our men are ready for any
challenges they encounter and ensure they have the correct

skills to handle any challenge they face.

A good trainer can impact the career of any one of the men we
take into the Royal Marines. We can inspire them, we can
motivate them to do much greater things. If an NCO is not

competent and mature, the recruit will be much less motivated
to do his job efficiently and not have the motivation to

become an NCO himself or herself. This is why it is vital to be
sure that our NCOs have the correct skills themselves so they

can leave the best impact on our Royal Marines as possible.

It is vital during training exercises that our NCO's make that
impact of professionalism. We are the first official

experience our recruits have with officers and those part of
the Company. If you do not leave the proper impression on the
recruit, he will not know how he has to act. It is incumbent on

that instructor to embody the epitome of that branch's
professionalism and military bearing.

The recruits' experience in basic training will shape their
behaviour, if not for their entire duration in the
Royal Marines.

If an NCO presents anything less than an exceptional example
of what an NCO is and can be, then those recruits will not be
motivated to become NCO's themselves. The recruit will also be

less inclined to give NCO's the proper respect.
We need to enforce discipline in all our training. You must be

firm, swift and universal in how you proceed. You can worry
about fair, kind and compassion later. Do this in a way that
your recruits will appreciate and love you. It is also vital
for the recruit to love their NCO. They are a part of the team,

the team is a class and you must work together.
Your punishments must be severe enough to properly
incentivize the right behaviour. Keep in mind that
discipline is not the same as punishment. A good NCO must not
only invoke discipline, but have discipline himself. This
would include the discipline to keep himself in the highest
state of readiness, bearing and professionalism as well as the
discipline to make corrections where he sees them.”

End Of Letter...

Terms Manual

The Royal Marines terms manual has been updated and added to this drill
manual. Every member of the Royal Marines, including trainees are to be

proficient in their terms.

What Are Terms? Terms are the guidelines we follow when typing in-game.
Terms were implemented to standardize the unit in responses, causing each
individual to work with other members of the Company, encouraging a sense

of standardized professionalism.

Rank Callsigns

When Speaking to a Warrant Officer - Lieutenant and above, you must refer to
them as “SIR”

If you want to ask a question and you are directing it at a LT+, you will refer to
this format ; “SIR” or “PERMISSION TO SPEAK SIR”

If the member is an NCO or below (Private, PFC, LC, Corporal,) you will refer
to their rank with this format ; “YES|NO CORPORAL” or simply,
“YES|NO SERGEANT”

Other Cases

When a superior officer or NCO asks you a question, you are free to reply to
the question. You do NOT have to ask for permission to speak if you were

asked a question by the said officer.

Faces Manual

Now that your troops are in their STS, we can begin with the practical part of
this exercise. Carefully proceed as faces can easily be seen as… Unimportant
and irrelevant in the Royal Marines where we rely on combat, but it is the
latter. Basic Training disciplines are just as important as combat. Your men
must be able to quickly build formations and respond to orders accordingly.
They must respond to orders with speed and diligence, carrying them out to
perfection. Without this skill, officers become ineffective and your company's

standard is lowered.
The NWC should be elite in all aspects, not just combat.
In the near future, the effort will show. Your training and tryouts will only

become easier as your men gain more experience.

Basic Faces

Left Face
90 Degrees To The Left

Right Face
90 Degrees To The Right

About Face
180 Degrees Clockwise

Advanced Faces

Center Face
Center Face To The Trainer

Lock Face
Hold Your Face, Can ONLY BE UNLOCKED BY CENTER FACE.

Right Incline
45 Degrees To The Right

Left Incline
45 Degrees To The Left

Firing Drills

In a colonial game where muskets are used, firing drills are actually helpful.
Ask yourself this question. When last have you seen a company or regiment

actually use the firing line techniques in combat?

With that question, also comes an opportunity. What if we used organization
against the unorganized? Firing drills such as Volley, and Stagger can be vital
for defensive or offensive exercises. The power of these firing drills in actual
combat is staggering, it’s up to you to learn how to use them and where to use

them.

Firing Drill Exercises assists members with synchronization, with
synchronization, comes discipline and teamwork. Teaching these effective
techniques lead to our recruits learning a much more valuable lesson in the

long run, you aren’t only educating them on firing drills.

Weapon Terms

Shoulder Arms

During Shoulder Arms, your men will shoulder their weapons immediately

The trainee must also Shoulder his arms after every firing drill unless
instructed otherwise.

Make Ready

During Port Arms, the recruit/trainee must take his musket into both of his
hand and prepare for Make Ready

Present Arms

During Make Ready, the recruit will present his arms and await your order to
fire.

Port

Drill Types

Basic Firing Drills
Volley Fire

In a volley fire formation, when your commanding officer commands you to
fire, your entire rank will fire at the same time. Afterwards, await for your
orders to prime and load, unless the officer specifies otherwise. This rule

applies to all firing drill

Blanket Fire

In a Blanket fire formation, when your commanding officer commands you to
fire, he will specify the amount of blankets. You will fire the amount of
blankets instructed.

Advanced Firing Drills
Stagger Fire Drill #1
Offensive Stagger

In an Offensive Stagger, the second rank becomes the first rank.

Defensive Stagger

In a Defensive Stagger, the First rank becomes the second rank.

Stagger Fire Drill #2

In a stagger fire formation, when your commanding officer commands you to
fire, he will indicate the first rank to fire. Once the first rank fires, the
commanding officer will initiate a prime and load order, following a
defensive/offensive stagger.

The first rank falls back, and becomes the second rank, while the first rank
repeats the same sequence.

Ripple Fire

In a volley fire formation, when your commanding officer commands you to
fire, you will fire in intervals of 0.5 seconds from the commanding officer's

side, unless stated otherwise.

Formations

Shoulder To Shoulder

Single File Line

Wedge Formation

Marching

At the end of each training/tryout, cover the marching. Marching organizes
the men into specialized positions and encourages marching discipline.
Discipline is then displayed through the marching and formation itself.
Hitting 2 birds with 1 stone.

Square Movements

Square Movements imply a special technique used to keep marches in order.
When using square movements, ensure that the men don’t cut corners and
either march vertically or horizontally. If they want to change their direction,
the lead will stop for a second, turn to the direction they are walking with a 90

degree rotation, and proceed.

Basic Marches
Single Column March

Double Column March

Dismissal

Take A Picture, Log The Tryout And Dismiss The Troops.

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