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The Oblique MarchFor the instruction of recruits, the squad being in column or correctly aligned, the instructor causes the squad to face half right (or half left), points out to the men their relative positions, and explains that these are to be maintained in the oblique march. 1. Right (left) oblique, 2. MARCH. Each man steps off in a direction 45 degrees to the right of his original front. He preserves his relative position, keeping his shoulders parallel to those of the guide (the man on the right front of the line or column), and so regulates his steps that the ranks remain parallel to their original front. At the command halt, the men halt faced to the front. To resume the original direction: 1. Forward, 2. MARCH. The men half face to the left in marching and then move straight to the front. If at half step or mark time while obliquing, the oblique march is resumed by the commands: 1. Oblique, 2. MARCH. Next: To Follow The Corporal Previous: Alignments
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