Word: drilling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...department may establish its own basic course. Under the present system, both air and army students take Military Science 1, though the branches drill separately. In advanced courses the branches are separate. Army offers Mil, Scl, 2, 3, and 4; Air Force...
...checked food items for Peoples Drug Stores, Inc. in Washington, 32-year- old Frank Porterfield had a wonderful recurring daydream-he pictured himself leading his National Guard MP platoon in dashing feats of arms. Like his guardsmen, Lieut. Porterfield was tired of the dull routine of study and drill which filled their Tuesday evenings at the armory. He decided to put his dream...
...drill night last week, 50 white-helmeted MPs came roaring onto the Capitol grounds in a line of bouncing, skidding jeeps. Luckily for all concerned, Congress had gone home for the day. Most of the guardsmen ran off into the bushes with waving pistols and carbines, yelling "Take cover!" But a few drivers kept their jeeps snarling in circles. Other MPs ran to the Capitol steps and set up a light machine...
...Crusaders, beaten in each of their five previous starts, are planning to toss some fancy stuff at Harvard, including a strong overhead attack. Dr. Bill Osmanski had his first two team working on these maneuvers in a lengthy dummy drill...
With the regular backfield--Bill Henry, John West, and Paul Shafer, alternating fullbacks; Chuck Roche and Carroll Lowenstein, tailbacks; Moffie and Johnny White, wingbacks -- this group went through a contact drill against the freshmen...