Drill is an important part of the life in the Air Training Corps. We are expected to perform drill for 10 minutes every cadet night. Drill consists of a squad of 12 or more cadets marching smartly together as a team. Cadets learn to take pride in the way they look and present themselves whilst doing drill.
Drill encourages teamwork, and discipline within a squadron, it also gives young cadets confidence necessary to work successfully as a team.
13 April, 2006ial drill):
Drill is a powerful aid to discipline and is readily available to all elements of the ACO for that purpose. It develops in our young people a sense of corporate pride, alertness, precision, and a readiness to obey orders instantly. Smartness on parade is not only a sign of good discipline, but a basic factor in an individual's self pride and prepares them to go about thier routine tasks in an orderly and constructive fashion.
This basically means that drill is in place to provide cadets to take pride in the way they act and do drill, it promotes a sense of alertness and precision. This means that cadets can react instantly to a command to an exact timing. It also allows cadets to get from A to B in a constructive and orderly fashion.
