Squadron Section Drill
Conditions: A section shall consist of six (6) members including not more than
one (1) Corporal and a maximum of three (3) Leading Cadets. The Corporal shall
be the N.C.O. in charge. Points will not be deducted for lack of N.C.O.’s.
However, if N.C.O.’s do participate they must assume their normal positions.
Sergeants WILL NOT take part in Section Drill competitions.
Members of a section
shall comply with the provisions of Section 18 of the Australian Air League Manual
with regard to uniform. Separate male and female competitions shall be conducted
for Section Drill.
Procedure: N.C.O. in charge shall position the unit in a straight line as required in
the ‘Fall In’ procedure as detailed in the AAL Manual. The N.C.O. in charge will
then report to the Uniform Judge, giving the name of the Squadron. On completion
of the judging they will report back to the Uniform Judge. On the Judge’s
instruction to proceed they will report to the Static Judge. N.C.O.-in-charge will
then report to the Static Judge, giving the name of the Squadron and fall-in the unit
as per the fall-in procedure.
On completion of the fall-in, the N.C.O.-in-charge will
again report to the Static Judge, and on the Judge’s instruction, proceed to march
the unit to the position indicated on the appropriate diagram for field judging.
N.C.O.-in-charge will report to the Field Judge, giving the name of the Squadron,
then move to the centre of the competition area and give the necessary commands
for the field competition movements.
On completion of the field competitionmovements, N.C.O.-in-charge will again report to the Field Judge, and after being
dismissed will march the Section off the competition area.
Note: N.C.O.-in-charge should stand in the centre of the competition area for field
judging, but may move closer to the Section if necessary for commands to be
heard.
Movements: The movements to be performed for Section Drill are as follows and
are in accordance with Diagram No.6 of Section 12 of the Australian Air League
manual.
