Omg I'm so glad someone has finally video taped the Silver Eagles in action. I'm proud to say that I was a part of the 1986 - 1989 Silver Eagles. Im glad to see they're still bringing home the 1st place trophies every year. Once an Eagle always an Eagle. I'm wondering when they did away with M1s.
I feel like M1 garand Drill rifles are a lot easier to use. They are centered more towards the center, making it easier to spin. The Springfield model they have are weighed with the main weights in the butt of the rifle, making it unbalanced.
Now, this is what I call perfection, they literally did the cleanest group arm exhibition I have never seen before!. Wow it’s just satisfyingly flawless.
I became a drill team commander two years ago right before COVID. My freshman year there was no team except for one senior who was brigade staff, and nobody else was there. The year before him there was no team. Throughout COVID I bought my own drill rifle to practice and do whatever I could to learn, and now after my two and a half year journey working every day we have a full drill team that went to competition. Despite breaking both my wrists over COVID and having surgery to shorten my ulna and the screw protruding into my wrist locking against the bones in my hand and locking my range of motion so I could barely twist my wrist, was in a splint with no weight bearing activities until 4 days before comp, and 2 of my cadets leaving with no backups, we went to competition and did very well. Historically my school does horribly at drill, but since I've trained a full platoon, squad, two color guard teams, a drill team, and 4 individuals including myself this year alone, we've placed far higher than we ever have in decades. Watching these videos shows me the bar I want to set for myself and gets me through all the valleys and rough spots on my team. So far we have one cadet being actively abused by his parents, another deep in work, and another who split his upper lip open with a rifle and had to get stitches to patch a hole in his lip the day before comp, and a whole host of issues yet discovered. Every single one of my teams went through every hardship we possibly could have and yet we came out on top, and honestly I look forward to my next year, my final year of high school.
Hell yeah brother, love the no excuses attitude. I’m a drill team commander too, working hard to set my unit up for success this year and the years to follow. Do you plan on going into the military after graduation?
Damn, his face, he looks like he had been through hell, regarding that he just had to do a Exhibition Drill phase, which would have made him very tired.
This isn’t wrong lol my commander isn’t a former but he is a former master sgt and man he is so competitive our trophy wall is 20 feet long, 2 shelves high and we ran out of room
This year, I became Drill Commander. It's also my last year in high school. I wish I could be as good as this. It would be cool if i could get my whole team to be like this. So much work and dedication was put into this. Props to those cadets. Great job!
Great job guys... there where so many times while I was watching that I was amazed at how in sync you guys where. It was truly difficult to find even on instance where the squad was even a hair off. You truly moved as one throughout the entire performance and I can tell you trained hard and it showes. So long ago In high school I was my MCJROTC Drill team commander. We where a new program but I can recognize you young men are truly a cut above. Keep up the hard work gentlemen and I wish you much success in your compititions
OUTSTANDING!!!! That's the most impressive, high cadence routine I've ever seen. This is a high school team!!! They make my college team look like kindergartners.
Armed exhibition teams change their cadence and pace several times in order for diversity and it gives even better scores. Its quite good looking, my schools taken states in Florida and we do similar things just not as complicated. This team is exceptional and does an amazing job for the AFJROTC
Thank you for posting these Amazing young men...somehow it was recommended to me to view a Japanese walking drill program. Well, I can definitely breath a huge sigh 😔 of relief. Our military has most assuredly got our Beloved Country covered. This was incredible! I pray every night for our Military, Country and our President. 🙇🏻♀️🙏🏽🤔❤️🇺🇸🕊
As a commander of my drill team im making this happen the last time we went to florida was in 2015 and as a senior and class of 2022 im making it happen again this year
Believe it or not but the routine is decades old just modified every year. A lot of it is based off of the kings guard in Hawaii. When I was on the Team we actually had the drill master of the kings guard (Donovan White) fly from Hawaii to Texas to coach us for a few days.
not long . they all have experience and have done these moves before. though they do practice 6 days a week and repeat this routine over and over for hours in order to perfect their movements
As a new exhibition commander, I have a question to why their commander is within the squad and not commanding alongside them. Is that a choice to do so or is it based on something else? I am also viewing these competition videos to get an idea for our squad's routine.
I am the commander in this video, we organized this over a variation of components. My angle of attack on it was, a saber component looks beautiful as THE commander however it was my LAST performance at nationals and I couldn't give it up. Hope that quickly sums it up. Good luck to you and your team!
Maaaannn! John jay still beasts lol they were our competition even back on 02-03 era of Holmes phantoms. Sadly, I don’t think Holmes has that motivation anymore.
ik there’s a poor springfield emerald guard driller watching this thinking “what’s our beef with john jay” and to answer… it all started in 2019 and that’s what you need to know
The infinity arms is by far the most impressive part of this performance. Those rifles weigh around 8 pounds and not only that, imagine doing infinity arms with your non dominant hand like how they do it and the fact that they did all that while looking straight and not lose bearing is just incredible
Haha thank you! Just takes lots and lots of practice! We have great coaches as well to help us! - Silver eagle alumni (First element leader in this video) :)
@@jongarcia544 I know this is a late comment, but Air Force Nationals is in a few days now. It's going to be very interesting to compete with your former team! (Although we will likely get crushed by you guys, lol)
TRILLY BILLS yea they have 4 hours practices and practice on weekends, our unit only does a practice every day for an hour not including weekends. These guys put a lot of time in and they do great.
This is so impressive! Really cool to watch! What is the purpose of this exercise? Is it just for military parades to show discipline or is there another reason/purpose? I mean, surely it’s not a tactical advantage in a gunfight to break this skill out 😂
This is a High School team from San Antonio competing in Daytona Beach FL at the National High School Drill Team Championship in the Squad Exhibition Phase. These kids are truly talented and dedicated to their craft. Definitely a top finisher most years if not overall champions.
These guys just destroy our team every year, but we see it as motivation to be better. Great job to these guys.
same man
My JROTC Drill Team has won the national comp 2 or 3 times in a row
Silver Eagles
My drill team just started, and luckily I made it on The competition team lol
same
Never in my life have I seen an Armed Drill Team with passion, dedication, and pride as much as these cadets do. Wow
Ticci Toby I think all the jrotc groups that are air force in San antiono Texas have a little more pride because they have an air force base there
Just wait for Caesar Rodney high school from Delaware in 2019...
Which JROTC? AJROTC?
My old AJROTC was 15 miles away from an army base
Jodizzy clearly you've never seen the marine Corps silent drill team
And my unit cant even stay on step
felt that
Tbh
Fucking same
Same here
Bruh relatable
Omg I'm so glad someone has finally video taped the Silver Eagles in action. I'm proud to say that I was a part of the 1986 - 1989 Silver Eagles. Im glad to see they're still bringing home the 1st place trophies every year. Once an Eagle always an Eagle. I'm wondering when they did away with M1s.
Mario ALvarez well they started using spring fields around the early 2000's and M1's are used for color guards now.
Mario ALvarez the 1903 Springfield’s are basic/ex rifles and m1’s are CG
Yes Mario Alvarez Once an Eagle, Always an Eagle.
They were actually disqualified that year for customized uniforms and air academy ranks. It was odd
I feel like M1 garand Drill rifles are a lot easier to use. They are centered more towards the center, making it easier to spin. The Springfield model they have are weighed with the main weights in the butt of the rifle, making it unbalanced.
Now, this is what I call perfection, they literally did the cleanest group arm exhibition I have never seen before!. Wow it’s just satisfyingly flawless.
Their more recent routine from 2019 is leagues better
My school is always afraid to go against them
oh yeah yeah
What brands are they
i would be too
Lil Ounce I wonder why
@@Nics_grappling615 Air force.
I'm not a Silver Eagle, but I've always wanted to meet their drill team - I'm a huge fan😂
They’re beast. Used to compete against them.
FOR REALLLL
I became a drill team commander two years ago right before COVID. My freshman year there was no team except for one senior who was brigade staff, and nobody else was there. The year before him there was no team. Throughout COVID I bought my own drill rifle to practice and do whatever I could to learn, and now after my two and a half year journey working every day we have a full drill team that went to competition. Despite breaking both my wrists over COVID and having surgery to shorten my ulna and the screw protruding into my wrist locking against the bones in my hand and locking my range of motion so I could barely twist my wrist, was in a splint with no weight bearing activities until 4 days before comp, and 2 of my cadets leaving with no backups, we went to competition and did very well. Historically my school does horribly at drill, but since I've trained a full platoon, squad, two color guard teams, a drill team, and 4 individuals including myself this year alone, we've placed far higher than we ever have in decades. Watching these videos shows me the bar I want to set for myself and gets me through all the valleys and rough spots on my team. So far we have one cadet being actively abused by his parents, another deep in work, and another who split his upper lip open with a rifle and had to get stitches to patch a hole in his lip the day before comp, and a whole host of issues yet discovered. Every single one of my teams went through every hardship we possibly could have and yet we came out on top, and honestly I look forward to my next year, my final year of high school.
Hell yeah brother, love the no excuses attitude. I’m a drill team commander too, working hard to set my unit up for success this year and the years to follow. Do you plan on going into the military after graduation?
3:00 how is that even possible
Yeet the Wheat it’s honestly pretty easy to do it, its called a death march
Out of everything they did that's what has you confused?
Haahahaaha
I bet you any large sum of money they practice upwards of 3 times a week for 2+ hrs a session.
i think he meant how did he catch the death march single throw backwards
Damn, his face, he looks like he had been through hell, regarding that he just had to do a Exhibition Drill phase, which would have made him very tired.
They are even scarier and better looking in person I promise 🤣 They were my idols even tho I was unarmed ex
Copy cats
We aren’t scary! We are all very nice! Haha
This what happens when a former drill master works at a high school.
This isn’t wrong lol my commander isn’t a former but he is a former master sgt and man he is so competitive our trophy wall is 20 feet long, 2 shelves high and we ran out of room
@@Revolve-sc5ko their commander turned out to be my teams new one
@@damianmitchell2554 yo what? Master sergeant Henry?
This year, I became Drill Commander. It's also my last year in high school. I wish I could be as good as this. It would be cool if i could get my whole team to be like this. So much work and dedication was put into this. Props to those cadets. Great job!
That was as close to perfection I have ever seen. Those you men were flawless.
Great job guys... there where so many times while I was watching that I was amazed at how in sync you guys where. It was truly difficult to find even on instance where the squad was even a hair off. You truly moved as one throughout the entire performance and I can tell you trained hard and it showes. So long ago In high school I was my MCJROTC Drill team commander. We where a new program but I can recognize you young men are truly a cut above. Keep up the hard work gentlemen and I wish you much success in your compititions
OUTSTANDING!!!! That's the most impressive, high cadence routine I've ever seen. This is a high school team!!! They make my college team look like kindergartners.
I'm like actually in love with the dude calling commands 😗 this whole exhibition is amazing! I wish my until did stuff like this
You can set up a team if you Don't have one. Talk to your instructors. I formed one, Naval JROTC, 2nd year, Cadet Chief Petty Officer.
@@edgy6562 ego, man
Thank you😊
omg they would have murdered us lmaooo
meanwhile my team freaks out when we have to enter from a different direction
Meanwhile, my team.
“LEFT, FACE!”
*turns right*
6:39 the kid in the back, that is amazing
Itd b smoother if they didnt look like theyre in a rush. They kill it tho, u can tell theyre into it in and put in that work.
Armed exhibition teams change their cadence and pace several times in order for diversity and it gives even better scores. Its quite good looking, my schools taken states in Florida and we do similar things just not as complicated. This team is exceptional and does an amazing job for the AFJROTC
The best performance from John Jay I've seen
How amazing!!!! This was incredible to watch!!! All these wonderful young men were on point!!!
Thank you for posting these Amazing young men...somehow it was recommended to me to view a Japanese walking drill program. Well, I can definitely breath a huge sigh 😔 of relief. Our military has most assuredly got our Beloved Country covered. This was incredible! I pray every night for our Military, Country and our President. 🙇🏻♀️🙏🏽🤔❤️🇺🇸🕊
They're Ex team probably practices everyday for 4 hours
That's what it takes to be the best
If only our exhibition practiced more than once a week and had more than 6 people working on Tandems
As a commander of my drill team im making this happen the last time we went to florida was in 2015 and as a senior and class of 2022 im making it happen again this year
Mastery, perfection, discipline, dedication, focus. Perfect video.
Good times 😭 I was on the Eagles from 2011-2014. I remember when these kids first joined the team 😂 it’s good to look back and see how far they came!
IMHO slowing the entire thing to 60 bpm would make it infinitely better
That was the best armed ex drills I’ve ever seen!!!!
I wanna know how they come up with the sequence
i bet they have a bunch of segments that they can put together to make different sequences
Believe it or not but the routine is decades old just modified every year. A lot of it is based off of the kings guard in Hawaii. When I was on the Team we actually had the drill master of the kings guard (Donovan White) fly from Hawaii to Texas to
coach us for a few days.
Image how long it had for them to practice over and over and over again
not long . they all have experience and have done these moves before. though they do practice 6 days a week and repeat this routine over and over for hours in order to perfect their movements
Man that was just beautiful these guys have passion for what they do
I was an 8th& I Marine. We did this kind of stuff. These kids are badass.
As a new exhibition commander, I have a question to why their commander is within the squad and not commanding alongside them. Is that a choice to do so or is it based on something else? I am also viewing these competition videos to get an idea for our squad's routine.
I am the commander in this video, we organized this over a variation of components. My angle of attack on it was, a saber component looks beautiful as THE commander however it was my LAST performance at nationals and I couldn't give it up.
Hope that quickly sums it up. Good luck to you and your team!
This is the best, wish my drill team had as much dedication as these guys.
This school is lit
This is just amazing, my squadron has just started a new drill team, this is how good I want it to be
A lot of practice, dedication and right coaching will get you there!
1:54 is my favorite part
This is so impressive. I’m an A team raider myself and a lot of the times I see drill team members get crap for no reason but this is amazing to watch
5:26 oooo watch that tall dudes recover from being slightly outta step
I cant even catch it😂
Pop Piwin when they maritime march lol
more like 5:29
@@DeltaThreeOne oh yeh i saw the recovery, i saw that earlier but the guy said the tall dude and i was looken at the tallest
at lest he did not do a change step that is what every one i know does
this video is so amazing
Israel Oslin Yeah, i wish i could do what these guys did.
I was in the US Coast Guard Honor Guard at Alameda and I can state that these guys have their stuff wired tight. I have to watch them again!
That was OUTSTANDING!
I am in awe! So beautiful!!!
Imagine in the end they start shooting everyone
LMFAO
It would be systematic
I participated these kind of competitions for years and never saw anything like this. Greetings from Brazil.
WHAT A SUPER FIRE TEAM. LETS GO
Very good and very nice and beautiful and super duper ....
they’re all in sync…I LOVE ITTTTT❤
These baby troopers have My full respect!!
I'm retired from the Army. I've never seen anything like this. When they flipped the rifles on their knees????
proud military wife(D) 👏 love 💘 you everyday ❤💙💖
Rock Solid.... Better than Some College teams , & I think y'all could give the Marine Drill Team a good run for their money.Great job guys :}
If there was a way of dancing for males,this is definitely gonna be one of them.
Just love it what a grate performers!
Silver eagles are legit the best
Reminded me of the Hawaii King’s Guard. Could do without the dads or the instructors yelling.
Damn! Durmstrang in the Triwizard Tournament looks legit!
Maaaannn! John jay still beasts lol they were our competition even back on 02-03 era of Holmes phantoms. Sadly, I don’t think Holmes has that motivation anymore.
That was fucking outstanding
5:58
So Goog
We love you so much All the time
We love you so much 😍
I wish these drill teams were larger with more cadets.
ik there’s a poor springfield emerald guard driller watching this thinking “what’s our beef with john jay” and to answer… it all started in 2019 and that’s what you need to know
That was very fun to watch. Incredible teamwork. But question: Is it normal for the spectators to be speaking loudly?
The infinity arms is by far the most impressive part of this performance. Those rifles weigh around 8 pounds and not only that, imagine doing infinity arms with your non dominant hand like how they do it and the fact that they did all that while looking straight and not lose bearing is just incredible
Infinity spins are really easy, and to say that just the infinity spins is solely the most impressive thing in this sequence, you are crazy lol
Haha thank you! Just takes lots and lots of practice! We have great coaches as well to help us! - Silver eagle alumni (First element leader in this video) :)
@@jongarcia544 oh shit, respect from hubbards s squad
@@jongarcia544 I know this is a late comment, but Air Force Nationals is in a few days now. It's going to be very interesting to compete with your former team! (Although we will likely get crushed by you guys, lol)
Why do I feel like these guys could rival the marines
Never mind, just watched the marines again. Forgot they have no cadence or anything like that.
@@diego_the_eggo7144 lol
Very, very well done!
I'm from Thomas Jefferson High School in San Antonio Texas and they whoop us every time
TRILLY BILLS yea they have 4 hours practices and practice on weekends, our unit only does a practice every day for an hour not including weekends. These guys put a lot of time in and they do great.
they're really good!
Killing the damn Drill Pad!
That is awesome guys great job.
It’s always these guys and the Chaminade guard that stand out to me in San Antonio
Impecable eso es excepcional
The commander looks down before the report in
God damn son. A long time ago, early 90s, I was armed drill AFJROTC out of Philly, we were good. We won lots, but this...
God damn boys. Get you some.
JROTC GOALS RIGHT HERE!!!
This shit made me give up so quick 😭😭 My unit could neverrrr😭😭😭
To those who don’t this branch, it’s not a branch, it’s the secret service lmao
Bruh we were gonna go to nationals then corona cane buy and was like nah
Bleach what school ?
What type of rifles are you guys using, and what’s the weight? I am a Drill Team Commander aspiring to revamp my HS Exhibition team.
Springfield replica 1903 about 9pounds
- c/CC
Confidence level 1,000,000,000
my teem has a hard enough time doing unarmed 58 step regulation drill. lol the sad thing is that i am in one of ten SFJROTC's in the country
Awesome Sauce!!!!
This is my school im in afjrotc
Imagine just being frustrated teaching a half right, not this is next level
My squad always forgets what to do🤦♂️
This is so impressive! Really cool to watch!
What is the purpose of this exercise? Is it just for military parades to show discipline or is there another reason/purpose?
I mean, surely it’s not a tactical advantage in a gunfight to break this skill out 😂
This is a High School team from San Antonio competing in Daytona Beach FL at the National High School Drill Team Championship in the Squad Exhibition Phase. These kids are truly talented and dedicated to their craft. Definitely a top finisher most years if not overall champions.
Tbh this is gold. But its a platoon not squad still good as fuck
I think its just called squad for catchiness
They did that 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾AWSOME
rough rider drill team was here. im sure you folks at john jay know who we are.
I honestly haven't heard of you guys but I do go to John Jay though
Get it I miss being in my old drill team
Thank you 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
I wish my school had a armed team even half as good as these guys, but alas, the team is mostly NS1s
my unit couldn’t even do this unarmed
isn't there rotc program the navy?
Air Force
What type/style of drill rifles are the cadets using?
Probably the 1903 springfield rifles.
What rifles did the silver eagles use in this video
1903 Springfield