I’m almost positive this is the Honor Guard, who’s whole job is to train to do this. They guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and funeral ceremonies for veterans. This guy are badass and have a very hard job.
Though they are the drill team, first and foremost they are infantry men. Every US infantry unit has certifications and have to be combat ready at all times.
JinzoDefiler ah okay, I’ve seen others reply with “no it’s the 3rd Infantry Regiment” which I though that honor guards were apart of. So I was half right! Now a question for you, is it only Army Guard that guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier or do other branches participate too? Because I’m pretty sure all branches have their own Honor Guard
I loved the music. It really has an uplifting vibe to it. You deserve more recognition for your music. You have a real talent for it. All I can say is 8:08
@@huntclanhunt9697 From the web: Standard drill team rifles in the United States are the M1 Garand, M14, or the M1903 Springfield rifle. Armed teams usually use a demilitarized version of the rifle or a facsimile, which may be light-weight for spinning (such as for marching show band use).
My dad had a friend who was at one of those ceremonies. He threw his rifle and missed the catch, causing the knife to cut him across the back, all the way down to the bone. As part of a bet with his buddies, he had himself sewn up without anesthetic.
In America, this sort of drill is taught in a lot of highschools starting when you are around 14 for people who opt into the program. So there is a lot of opportunity for practice by the time you are nearing 30
I'm an American and I took a HS drill class. The class is a part of High School ROTC (reserve officer training corp) classes, which in theory are an alternative to Physical Education classes that provide a lot more opportunities to try different things and learn skills - first aid, basic drill, some really light tactical training if you're lucky, a chance to take boot camp, that kind of thing. There were some kids that were definitely better at drill than others, and there's a huge selection process for becoming a part of the Army honor guard, it's intense.
We had drill team starting in middle school. It was attached to the marching band and not the ROTC program which didn’t start until high school. Flags or rifles. I did rifles, without the bayonets (wimpy school district). You might be surprised to learn that flipping the rifle in the air and catching it was not nearly as hard as spinning it without getting your hand caught up in the strap. 😆
Yeah. I’m in high school right now, and before the pandemic started, I would always see a group of people practicing stuff like this with a fake rifle whenever I walked by one area of the school.
The Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon is more well known than the Army Drill Team. The Silent Drill Platoon is so much better in my opinion. Although as a former Marine I am a bit biased. 🤪
Thanks for reviewing this. I had the honor to serve as an Honor Gaurd on the U.S. Navy drill team. It took a great amount of practice but there were very few injuries. Primarily because you weed out the guys who cant perform at such a high level during a lengthy selection process. You cannot be distracted by worrying about danger but have utmost faith in the men you are with to maintain focus on the task at hand.
Artur NAILED it. A stationary march, "mark time", is easy to do, but VERY Very hard to do right, especially without vocal aide of any sort. Speeding up when marking time is what separates drill soldiers from trench turtles
Their all trained infantry, but the best of the best in discipline, assuming they're the same as the tomb of the Unknown Soldier (who perform respectful ceremonies, but I do believe they can do things like this, but only rarely)
Loved the music vid. And the Army drill team which is I beleive is the the 3rd ID out of Henderson Hall in DC. How does one order a cup I love your videos. Thank you sir for your service to your country!
What are you talking about no views on the song i watched and commented I love the song is there anyway I can get this on Spotify or some other app on Android 🇪🇪🇺🇸
Holy hell i had no idea you made music and I’m seriously impressed you have an incredibly smooth voice. I’ll be checking out any other music you have or make in the future.
I believe they stil use the M1 garand gir drill. the rifle is heavy, around 10 pounds (about 4.6 kg) if you have not, check out what it takes to be a gaurd at the "Tomb of The Unknowns."
@@scottblackberg5828 I looked it up. They are using 1903 Springfield Rifles with the bolts removed. Here is the link: www.oldguard.mdw.army.mil/specialty-platoons/us-drill-team
When I was a JROTC cadet on the color guard, we were doing the opening ceremony for a football game, and we were getting help from an active soldier who had been a drill team cadet under the same Sergeant Major. The guy told us this funny story about another pair of soldiers who tried doing the same sort of ceremonial drills they had done in high school, but with the M-4s they went to war with. The both ended up with injuries to the face from the front sights and buttstocks.
I liked your music video! Thank you for watching the U.S. Army drill team. My 94 year old father lives with me and fought the Germans in the European theater. I am also a combat vet. 1 deployment in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan. Staff Sargent Rick James U.S. Army (Ret.)
In the US Army, they sometimes make you hold your weapon straight out in front of you as punishment. Builds the hell out of those shoulder muscles you were talking about. Does the Estonian military do similar things?
or sometimes its just part of PT, my best friend got stuck in a circle formation passing weapons around at full arm length, when they paused he had a m249 in each hand...id be amazed if he lasted a whole 20 seconds
If you can watch the Indian Army Hell March 2019 , not bragging but their marching is next level. Indian Army performs a lot of ceremonies similar to this
Unfortunately people tend to forget about the Prussians, or don't realize how influenced modern western armies are by them, so they make the connection to the Nazis instead. I think it has to do with the fact so much media has been about the Nazis so people don't realize it's based off a much older style.
Patten leather and are the worst uncomfortable shoes forced on the fighting man lol then to top it off they make you wear paper thin dress socks hated wearing those things haha .
I was a member of the 8th Army Honor Guard from 1991-1992, some of those techniques we developed ourselves. It takes a lot of dedication and patience. The heel clicks are metal on the shoes not wood. We would train 8-12 hours a day for certain ceremonies, mostly it was uniform prep, weapons maintenance and boredom.We all had to be at least 6 foot tall and from the infantry with a near perfect asvab and pt score.Im sure the standards have changed a bit from then.
I liked the song but I feel like it doesn’t do a “perfect” job at capturing your voice. Have you ever written a song around the structure of your vocals? If not, would love to hear it!
hey wait a minute, you commented to my comment a day or two ago on one of arturs videos, but yeah, I agree with what your saying tho, British history is deep at, they were rather constantly at war or planning a war lmao
Bro I don't know about anyone else but I like it. I feel the emotion and pride u have of having freedom. It was a long time coming for u guys if I remember my history. Thanks for your service from David from Oklahoma USA
Have you thought of expanding your shop some? Maybe clothes and possibly trinkets? I'd live to learn more about Estonia and Life there, maybe we could see a few vlogs? Keep up the amazing videos I'm glad to have found you on RU-vid!
Yo my man, you have a killer voice. Your music definitely needs to be heard, if not your music you’re voice for sure needs to be heard. Really really good music and a really good video
The rifles used are 1903 Springfield Rifles which have been chromed and snazzed up for Parade Drill. It was the last Bolt Action Rifle used by the U.S. Military. It was replaced by the M1 Garand.
I’m an old US Army Infantryman, and one of my squad leaders was on the Army Drill Team. He was an amazing leader. Suffice it to say, our drill and ceremony was on point, and we were a high op tempo Infantry unit. The entire US military places a big emphasis on drill and ceremony precision. The reason for that as explained by my squad leader is that history has shown that effective fighting forces also had high degrees of discipline, and that discipline is definitely developed through precise and intense drill and ceremony training. Thanks to him, I got to do some ceremony events (not to the level of these guys!) but high profile enough to make the nerves rattle a little bit. But when someone like that trains you, it kinda becomes a zen thing when things hit game time. Thanks for this review! Next time you come to the states, come to Atlanta!
Music video was great! Very inspiring. Your voice sounds almost exactly like the Phantom from the 2004 movie of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’. You’ve got a good, airy tenor voice with power behind it. Kept it up dude!
Nice video reaction my Estonian friend. If I'm not mistaken the firearms they are using are Springfield 1903's cal 30-06. I looks to me they have the bolt actions removed. I'm used to seeing these routines done with them all intaked. Maybe when this was filmed the building had a no firing pin or bolt group law in effect. The other rifles used in our U.S. drills are the M1 Garand and M14. I'm lucky to own all of these and they kick like mules. I'd like to also add, bravo on your song. I've been a drummer, singer musician off n on in bands for nearly 45 years and that was moving, and great sounding. Well done to you or whoever mixed that piece. I'll subscribe and maybe look into buying a coffee mug.... I was born n raised in New Hampshire, but now for 18yrs I've been living here in Indiana. Looking forward to checking out your other videos. Thumbs up ✌😎👍
There’s a video of them performing in a high school gym which is very impressive. You’re able to see more of what they do, which is pretty impressive. I grew up right outside DC and we looked forward to this assembly every year.
To answer one of your questions, the rifle used is the M1 Garand and was in service from 1936 to 1958. It weighs just a little over 10 pounds. (4.8kg) It is only used by the Drill teams because of it straight sleek design, modern firearms, due to their shapes can't be used like this, so we use weapons that date back to WWII.
Your singing kinda reminded me of Woodkid a little bit, but the whole song was pretty good - felt like something to accompany a good war scene in a movie
This man should become a professional guitarist and write songs like every other day, literally every song he's made is fantastic and i think he should make more.
Standard drill team rifles in the United States are the M1 Garand, M14, or the M1903 Springfield rifle. Armed teams usually use a demilitarized version of the rifle or a facsimile, which may be light-weight for spinning (such as for marching show band use).
Arthur you are more American then some Americans, keep living the dream man!!!!!! I thought it was a vet good video, i lived the words in your doing. Everyone loves freedom!!!!
The rifles are Garand M1s, they weigh about 9.5 lbs (4.3 kg). Introduced as the assault rifle for WWII, used through Korea, and some into Vietnam. Yes, they still work, very well. I have one.
Wow the algorithm is not your friend. As soon as you said boom RU-vid cut to a commercial. Love you videos brother. I spent two years as the Noncommissioned Officer In Charge (NCOIC) of the Honor Guard at Aberdeen Proving Grounds. We handled all burial duties for the tri state area, change of command ceremonies, military holidays and weddings. We have real jobs. We are real soldiers. My soldiers performed all of their day to day duties and trained for Honor Guard duties about 8 hrs a week. We would train about 16 hrs before an engagement. Never had a lot of screwing around practicing for burial's. None of the usual playing grab ass. When we laid someone to wrest it was understood it was one of our own. These guys they are professionals this is their only job. If you haven't already you should check out the changing of the guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Marine Corps silent drill team.
I use to do this in JROTC we use to throw our Rifles in the air and catch them behind our backs and we also use to hit the butt of our rifles on the floor and made music with our Rifles and at the end we use that rattling sound you hear in the video we spin our rifle with one hand and catch it with our right hand then we rattled our rifles then spin with the right hand spin in the air and catch it at port arms then we present arms why we do it because it was fun. These Rifle are real and heavy The Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force Drill Teams are used for diplomatic expeditions or schools or events. Some Nations have Drill Teams the best Drill teams i seen was US Army, US Marine Corp and JSDF (Japan) drill team. If you like to see some cool fun marching every year in November Japan hold the JSDF Marching festival its Military bands doing so me cool stuff last year it was the JSDF, US Army, US Marines, Germany and Vietnam bands Participated it was awesome check it out on you free time.
Oh, that's the story behind that song! I saw it on your channel earlier but I didn't know it was a Eurovision submission and that you cowrote it with an American.
Artur did you make the military video introduction to your video of the marching and combat scenes where your voice distorts with the beat? It’s really cool, you ought to make some more of those . It’s bad ass! I’d love to see a US military compilation to your beats and style. That same style. This music video was good, I liked it and it’s very professionally put together , awesome voice and acoustic guitar! Awesome and talented my friend!
This reminds me of veterans day, the elderly veterans come to our school and when they would go to their seats they would do march very similar to do this it but not the tricks with the rifles and they had flags instead of rifle just reminded of it.
The United States Army Drill Team is a 19-member precision drill platoon which represents the United States Army at official occasions. It is officially part of the Headquarters Company, 4th Battalion, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard). Members of the platoon can come from any Military Occupational Specialty (MOS). The platoon use a M1903 Springfield,with the bolts removed
Hey I know my profile pic is kinda contradicting, but I really like the song man. I feel the story behind it, the Estonian people living under the awful and destructive reign of the Soviet government. My great grandpa was from Ukraine and was in the Red Army during WW2. He was a tank commander and was in the Battle for Odessa and the Seige of Berlin. Somehow he was injured with shrapnel and was left for dead. The Americans then found him where he was left and nursed him back to health. He then married a German woman after the war and moved to the US. I really like your videos man and it gives me a perspective of how someone from across the world sees the nation I live in. And how he sees his own nation.
YOOOO! I was on the Drill Team from 07-11! They barrels of the 1903 Springfield are filled with lead and the bayonets are real! We just had to dull them down just in case. Definitely people got cut up tho. Cool Video!
