"National Roman Legion"

[Magnus]

(too many ex-soldiers in roman reenacting),

quote] hock: :x (
I have one question for you. Have you ever been in the Army? Well I am and if you have been you will understand how offensive your remark about to many ex-soldiers is! :x x evil: I have been reenacting for 22years long before the Army. When you are train in marching like in the army things become second nature and there fore hard to break. Instead of insulting Veterans why not try and help them. I want to do the best I can when I do an impression. It was very hard for me to learn the drill for my American rev-war impression. I had to learn German and the correct movements. I hope you will understand why your remark was so insulting.
I hope you have a good day.
SGT Bryan Fitch
US Army, Iraq

Bryan...Canadian Forces; Lincoln and Welland Reg't, 1995 - 2000. Infantry/Recce. So yes, I've been in the military. I understand all too well the function of muscle memory and drilling, and old habits dying hard.

And yes, you've taken my remark completely out of context and taken offense to something you've misunderstood. My point was that with the combined military experiences of reenactors, modern military-isms tend to creep into their movements and point of views. For some of those "isms" there is simply no proof and no requirement for them.

I actually took an equal amount of offense at the implication that I would insult soldiers current or former. I have a best friend shipping off to Afganistan end of August. I'd rather disembowel myself than disrespect our boys. But, it was a misunderstanding so no worries.

As for commands, I'm an avid fan of the ones by Maurice. Reading the Strategikon I don't see the need to re-vamp anything. But that's just me...and of course everyone has their own idea. 8)

One point that Rusty mentioned in regards to stepping off on the same foot. Even in modern armies drill commands relying on movement starting on one foot goes out the window in a combat setting. Legionaries in full gear aren't mashed together in a column, so hitting the guy's foot in front of you isn't an issue. So long as the movements are done within a second of each other you can avoid collisions.

Even if it's traceable to medieval eras, that doesn't mean it's a holdover from antiquity.

I'm hoping to demonstrate my points at one of my group's camp outs this year, and show that drill and combat movements don't require what we're comfortable with visually when we think of modern military drill.

One small point guys....can you link all those commands to one page instead of posting a massive list in the threads here? John, that thing is massive...lol.