To all DIs

Hi all,

We've got great news for you!! :)

We will be printing a drill t-shirt for all DIs and drill committee members . The cost is $13 and the design is attached.
We are going for a funky t-shirt look, not like the normal uniform or gb polo tees, so that you can wear the t-shirt out after events instead of having to change out to street clothes. The t-shirt willl be 100% cotton. Yup... we're really excited about it! :)

So... if you are interested in purchasing the t-shirt(100% cost price, no profit to us), please do tell us your size. The sizes are the normal 34, 36, 38, etc. Please DO NOT order one size bigger. Due to the cutting of the t-shirt (ladies cut), we will already be "upsizing" whatever size you give us by 1.

Please reply to this email by 16th July 2007(Monday) should you be interested.

Thank you! :D


In His love,
Drill Comm '07
edrillcomm@gmail.com


*All DIs, please respond by emailing us at edrillcomm@gmail.com. Thank you!

Besurai

Drill Manual Pg 14

Bersurai

Execution:
a) Squad will turn to the right
b) When the girls are in uniform, they will salute
c) March forward three paces and break off

Timing: One(turn), Check, One(Bang), Check(Salute), Left, Right, Left

NOTE:
a) If the salute is to be omitted, the squad will act as in "Keluar baris" (i.e. turn to the right and march forward three paces and break off)
b) Officers in uniform need to return salutation. For uniformity, officers will follow the timing of the girls saluting.

When to salute?

normal girl said...

Hi! The shirt is very nice. Since you are at the topic of besurai, i would like to ask about something. When we are doing besurai, when do we need to salute. For example, do we need to salute if we are not in uniform? If no, how do we do it? When the officers are not in uniform but we are in uniform, do we need to salute?

WOW! It's great that questions keep coming in. Helps to keep our blog alive! Thanks all! *BIG SMILE*

Hi normal girl,

Thanks for the encouragement about the shirt. We'll definitely make it come to pass- to the material (pun intended) form ;)

Actually, your question is more on uniform etiquette and it's good because we should have done a post on this earlier. I believe your question is more about...

When to salute?
- Whenever you're in uniform, regardless of whether your officers are in uniform

If your officers are in uniform, they will return the salute
However, if your officers are not in uniform, they will just nod their head to aknowledge the salute

By the way, one more important point.

In GB, we emphasize respect for your officers/teacher helpers

If you are in school or at any gb events and you see your officers walking past, you should salute and greet your officers/teacher helpers

If you are in a group, you will all fall in and the one with the highest rank would salute and greet your officer on behalf of the group

* After this post, I hope you girls would practice this and greet your officers. It's really a basic sign of respect :)

Dari kanan/kiri/tengah chepat jalan

Wow! It's really great.. just found something else to blog about since someone asked another question

So... Do you know when to use Dari kanan/kiri/tengah chepat jalan? Or are they all interchangable?

First.... we'll always go back to the english translation(english being our 1st language and all)

Dari kanan chepat jalan = From right, quick march
Dari kiri chepat jalan = From left, quick march
Dari tengah chepat jalan = From centre, quick march

So, what's the right, left and centre all about? It tells you where to take dressing from
Recap: We always take dressing from our right marker's row

So if the right marker is on the right of the contingent (i.e. facing your true left), the command would be Dari kanan chepat jalan

If the right marker is on the left of the contingent (i.e. facing your true right), the command would be Dari kiri chepat jalan

If you're facing your front or back, the command would be dari tengah chepat jalan

Take some time to digest this and should you all have any queries, please feel free to comment.

Keluar Baris vs Besurai

62nd GB Coy said...

hi.. i have one question about drill. regarding the command "keluar baris". what is the difference between the command given in mufti and uniform?

thanks and God bless! :)

Hi 62nd GB Coy,

Thanks for the question! :D

First, 2 definitions you should know:
Keluar Baris = Fall Out
Besurai = Dismiss

Keluar baris is a command that marks a break in the drill parade and not the end of it.
It is executed by turning to the right and doing a berhenti.
PLEASE NOTE: There is NO salute involved
Therefore, it would not matter whether you are in uniform or not, the execution is the same.

However, besurai is given at the end as a command to dismiss girls and not gather them again. It is executed by turning to the right, saluting to the officer (if present) and then doing a berhenti.

Hope this helps to differientate between keluar baris and besurai and has answered your question! :)