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US Marine Silent Drill Platoon at Fort Henry 2015 – No Oops! Here. Just SHOW & AWE

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In keeping with a tradition dating back to the 1950’s, the United States Marine Corps Silent Drill Platoon and The Commandant’s Own’ U.S. Marine Drum & Bugle Corps visited Fort Henry, Kingston Ontario, Canada in August 2015 to perform two outstanding and essentially flawless military performances with the Fort Henry Guards.

The footage used for this video was shot on two consecutive shows, from different vantage points and by a single videographer with limited means, hence the sort of discrepancies noted by some viewers are unavoidable when mixing the clips into a single video. I tried to make the final video as seamless as possible and this was made easier by the Marines’ drill precision and consistency from show to show. However, not all maneuvers were performed by the same marines, which serves in demonstrating the breadth and depth of the marines’ training and execution. The cuts to different vantage points were not made to conceal mistakes made by the marines. Both shows were executed with the same quality as depicted in the resulting edited video which aims at offering the viewers different, less monotonous, perspectives of the high quality of the marines’ performances.

Although the two shows were joint performances with the equally impressive Fort Henry Guard, the present video is nearly entirely dedicated to the Silent Drill Platoon.

The USMC is widely featured in best fail videos for a gun drop that happened during a 2009 Fort Henry performance. The author is hoping that the attention given to the flawless drill routine such as that presented herein is just as strong and appreciated by the viewers.The oops referred to in the video introduction pertains to the 2009 performance of the US Marines Silent Drill, also at Fort Henry. The oops moment was captured by another videographer and can be viewed at the following link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9q7b_2tkMo

The Marine Corps Drum and Bugle Corps is briefly highlighted but not extensively covered to avoid infringements with music copyrights. Nonetheless, the video’s author wishes to express his appreciation for the exceptional musical and artistic qualities of the Marine Drum & Bugle Corps. The author also acknowledges the use herein of the Marine Drum & Bugle Corps’ marching drum roll to enrich the video’s introduction and conclusion.

Not featured here are the performances of the Fort Henry Guard’ Drums, Drill Squad and Artillery Detachment. Those are extensively covered by videos by the same author included in the following links:

FHG Drums: www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzcEWYsOMMk

FHG Drill Squad: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y39im-ytNEE

FHG Artillery: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqGiSoY-zr0

FHG Snare Drummers: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lw_RC2_7ax0

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