Can I just say - hats off to the US and Netherland's Drum Majors, trying their hardest to go against their own training and perform similar moves to the Royal Marines' DM's. It isn't easy, but they certainly tried, and it went pretty well I'd say. Well done guys!
@@phoebebrown2883 the Dutch the original marines. So the black trousers are the wrong ones. By the way doesn't your navy have white trousers. The Dutch wear black when in cerimonial tenue.
@@phoebebrown2883 problem is if the U.S. Marines wore their blue trousers it wouldn’t have looked “uniformed” as a good chunk of them are not Non-Commissioned Officers (NCOs) and would lack the “blood stripe” that runs down the length of NCO trousers. Rather than have them looking odd with some red stripes and others no red stripes, go with white so that everyone looks the same.
I,m now 72 and served 14 yrs in the RN. I did several public functions with the RM band, and proud to watch this, particularly with Dutch and US allies. Well done. Jonah in Bristol.
All the bands are on key, in step, and know their repertoire. All the rest is nit-picking. Proud alumna of the University of Central Florida Marching Knights, Orlando, Fl
I cannot believe I only just discoverd this. The US, the Dutch and the Brits parading together. Epic. Pleasent suprise as well, I mean the Brits you expect to be brilliant at parading, but the US and the Dutch owned it. 3 different styles executed perfectly. They need to do this more often.
Top form. 42nd RM Cmdo hooked up with the 1st MarDiv in Korea upon request of their leader. Col, Lewis '"Chesty" Puller directed their ops. Besides tackling the Chinese, they successfully stormed into the surrounded Advanced Marine CP at Hagaru-Ri in North Korea --Chosin Reservoir.
I was there for this and it was wonderful, best of all to have the bands of our Allies Marines there as well. The feeling in the crowd was astounding. Never to be forgotten.
I wish I had have been there, can not believe some on here criticising US Band, I am a Brit and love them all, absolutely Brilliant everyone of them , US marines look great a pleasure to watch.
Different style of marching, marching cadence (steps), and different style of music beat if you listen to it and pay attention to it as well. That could account for what people are perceiving as confusion. Regardless, it is truly great to see THREE allies Marines marching together as one mass Unit. KUDOS to them all.
yes.the british and commonwealth always start with 3 times or 5 times drum beats before start playing the music.this is to give a sign that they start to march.like us,Malaysia,we practise the 3 times drum beats just like the HM Royal Marines.
I was the PDMs driver for the 1982 Beat Retreat, had a great week driving him around and even got a coveted Blue Peter badge when one of the bands went to the studio.
I love the band of the Royal Marines although listening to the massed bands for the Queens official birthday 2021 has been a real treat. The marines drummers are fantastic.
An interesting example of the different marching style shown here from the drum majors. The RM drum majors have a pronounced robust arm swing of almost 90° and straight leg march where as the USMC drum majors have a small 30° arm movement and a march where each leg is brought near the centreline to give a slight small step "shuffle".
I know the second march - the National Emblem March. But what's the first? I'm thinking it's a British march maybe?? I love the combined bands. Although loyal to my American heritage, the Royal Marines are just first rate.
National Emblem March? I'm afraid when we were kids we used to refer to it as "Stick two fingers up your bum and whistle arseholes"...I must make an effort to remember the real name....
Hopefully you had this monetised and can now get a good wind muff for the mircrophoen because this, in parts is one of the best sound recordings on the Mall of the best Military Bands. in the world and their two guests didn´t put a ntoe wrong either. I´ve used this to get the blood flowing in a brisk march to the gym many a time.
Baton far too low down, check out his band behind him. Heads all over the place, bad spacing, carriage and just slovenly marching. Fair does, they had a go, but they got intimidated I think knowing they were in the company of the best military band in the world. British attention to detail really stands out here.
MegaVector2011 yes, he is unaware of RM Staff drill (Royal Marines call it a Staff, US Marines call it a Mace, a baton is different) but that is USMC drill, the way the DM is holding the mace is correct, albeit the hand switches and other movements are not used in the US. Seems like they failed to brief him on what to do in thise situations. I didn't see any time problems other than his arm swing after the arm changes. And there are not US Royal Marines, we don't serve the monarch anymore 😉
