australian army land warfare procedures - general lwp-g 7-7-5 drill

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the headdress, then moving down the body until
reaching the footwear.
f. Faults are pointed out to the soldier during the inspection
and notes are made by the section/platoon OIC.
g. Once the inspection of the soldier is complete the
inspecting officer turns his/her head to the front,
observes the regulation pause, then steps off on the left
foot and takes two short paces halting with the left foot.
During the inspection the paces are to be taken in quick
time and the arms are not swung.
h. The process is repeated for the next soldier.
i. Once the last soldier in the front rank has been
inspected, the inspection party marches out to the left
flank five paces and wheels around to the rear of the
front rank. The arms are swung.
j. The inspecting officer halts directly behind the last
soldier and conducts an inspection, as detailed
previously, before moving on.
k. Once the right marker has been inspected, the
inspection party moves out to the right flank five paces
and the inspecting officer halts. The section/platoon OIC
marches past (to the left side) the inspecting officer a
further two paces to the right flank and halts. The
inspecting officer then orders ‘ABOUT – TURN’.
l. The section/platoon OIC then orders the centre rank to
attention and the front rank to stand at ease.
m. The section/platoon OIC then orders ‘QUICK – MARCH’
and the process is repeated for the centre and rear
ranks.
n. At the completion of the inspection of the last rank the
OIC marches out five paces, and the section/platoon
OIC marches out seven paces to the right flank. Both halt
but only the section/platoon OIC about turns. The
section/platoon OIC orders the rear rank to ‘STAND
LWP-G 7-7-5, Drill, 2005
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